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lower tail- coverts unspotted ; the lower part of the neck and 
the breast tinged with red ; the sides and lower part of the 
neck, the fore part of the breast, and the sides of the body, 
marked with oblong greyish-brown streaks. 
Length to end of tail 6| inches, extent of wings Ilf; bill 
along the ridge j| ; wing from flexure ; tail 2/^ ; tarsus 
if ; first toe ||, its claw ; second toe i|, its claw || ; third 
toe yV? its claw ; fourth toe its claw 
Female. — The female is similar, but with the white of the 
lateral tail-feathers more tinged with grey, and of less extent. 
Compared with An thus obscurus, this species is more slen- 
der, its bill narrower and somewhat shorter, the tarsi and toes 
not nearly so stout, the hind claw more slender, and some- 
what more arched ; the colour of the upper parts more grey, 
the lateral tail-feathers with much more white ; the lower 
parts entirely diflerent in tint, the spots being besides more 
distinct and narrower in the present, which lias also a pale 
band from the bill to behind the eye, whereas the other has 
only a faint yellowish band behind the eye. It has a greater 
resemblance to Anthus pratensis, from which it differs in 
being larger, in having the bill stouter, the tarsus longer, 
the hind claw shorter and more curved, the feet darker, the 
lower parts much more rufous ; but the lateral tail-feathers 
are similarly coloured, and in some individuals the tints of 
the upper parts scarcely differ. Compared with a specimen 
from Dr Richardson, marked Saskatchewan, No. 58,” these 
specimens differ only in having less red on the breast, and the 
bill slightly longer. In short, our two birds seem to be spe- 
cifically identical with it, and their description wall be found 
to agree perfectly with that taken by me from American spe- 
cimens in Mr AuduboiTs Synopsis. 
It is probable that this species will be found not uncommon 
! in the hilly and mountainous parts of Scotland. 
Lark from Pennsylvania, Edwards, Gleanings, ii. 185, PI. 
! 297. — Alauda pennsylvanica, Briss. Ornith. suppl. 95. — Alau- 
! da spinoletta, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. 288. — Alauda ludoviciana, 
Gmel. Syst. Nat. i. 793. — Alauda rubra, Gmel. Syst. Nat. i. 
794. — Alauda campestris, B. Lath. Ind. Ornith. ii. 495. — 
Alauda ludoviciana. Lath. Ind. Ornith. ii. 494. — Alauda ru- 
bra, Lath, Ind. Ornith. ii. 494. — Alauda rufa, Wils. Amer. 
Ornith. v. 89. — Anthus spinoletta, Bonap. Synops. of Birds of 
Amer. 90. — Anthus aquaticus, Richards and Swains, Fauna 
Bor. Amer. ii. 231, PI. 44. — Anthus ludovicianus, Bonap. 
List of Birds of Eur. and N. Amer. 18. — Anthus ludovicia- 
