BRITISH BIRDS. 
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about half way from the end. In our figure, which 
was taken from a stuffed specimen, the tertial feathers 
were nearly the length of the quills, which latter are 
narrowly edged on the outer webs with pale greenish 
brown ; the under parts, from the throat to the vent, 
are of a pale dingy yellow, spotted on the fore part of 
the neck, and clouded or striped on the breast and 
sides with olive brown. The legs are pale brownish 
red ; the hind claws long and curved. This bird is by 
many called the Rock Lark, from its being mostly met 
with among the rocks on the promontories and isles 
near the sea shore : it builds its nest, commonly, in the 
crevices near the tops of those where the earth has 
crumbled down and made a lodgment; it is wholly 
composed of the small blades and stems of a good 
quantity of dried grass. The eggs, five in number, 
are closely freckled with ash, and sprinkled with smalJ 
brown spots. 
