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BRITISH BIRDS, 
THE SKYLARK, 
LAVROCK. 
(. Alauda arvenfis y Lin. — U Alouctte } Buff.) 
Length near feven inches : Bill dulky, under 
mandible fomewhat yellow ; eyes hazel ; over each 
eye there is a pale llreak, which extends to the bill, 
and round the eye on the under fide ; on the upper 
parts of the body the feathers are of a reddifh 
brown colour, dark in the middle, with pale edges ; 
the fore part of the neck is of a reddifh white, dafh- 
ed with brown; breaft, belly, and thighs white; 
the quills brown, with pale edges ; tail the fame, 
and fomewhat forked, the two middle feathers dark- 
eft, the outermoft white on the outer edge ; the 
legs dulky. In fome of our fpecimens the feathers 
on the top of the head were long, and formed a fort 
