ALAUDA LAGEPA.— Smith. 
Aves. — Plate LXXXYII. Fig. 2. (Male.) 
A. supra ferruginea, fusco-virgata ; infra alba, pectore fusco-strigato ; remigibus rectricibusque brunneis 
rufo-marginatis ; superciliis albis ; rostro rubro-brunneo ; oculis brunneis ; pedibus flavo-brunneis 
carneo-tinctis. 
Longitudo e rostri apice ad basin caudae 3 unc. 4 lin . ; caudtc 3 unc. 
Colour. — The upper surface of the head, neck, and back, intermediate 
between brownish and reddish orange, and variegated with short streaks of 
umber-brown, each feather having a stripe of that colour in the course of 
the shaft, — the stripes of the head and interscapulars darkest and best 
marked. The under parts white, streaked on the throat, breast, and flanks 
with umber-brown, — the streaks largest and most numerous on the breast. 
The lesser wing coverts anteriorly marked like the feathers of the back, the 
hinder ones, together with the primary and secondary quill coverts, and the 
tertiary quill feathers umber-brown edged, and tipped with sienna-yellow. 
The primary and secondary quill feathers intermediate between broccoli and 
umber-brown, the former towards the base and the latter throughout the whole 
length of outer veins edged with reddish orange, towards the margin fading 
into sienna-yellow. Tail feathers the same colour as the primary quill 
feathers, the two outermost of each side darkest, almost umber-brown, the 
two middle feathers have each vane edged with light reddish orange, the 
remainder have only the outer vein narrowly edged with that colour. Under 
tail coverts white, each with a clear reddish orange stripe in the course of the 
shaft. Bill light reddish brown, the lower mandible towards base pale buff 
orange. Eyes bright brown ; eyebrows rusty white. Legs and toes interme- 
diate between broccoli and yellowish brown, and tinted with flesh-red ; claws 
light reddish brown. 
