49^ ' ^e Hijiory of A N I M A L S. 
is mare than half an inch long, and is yellow in the male, and brown in the female ; 
the general colour is black, but it is variegated with fpots of grey, and the tips of the 
feathers of the neck and back are yellowifh j there is a changeable caft of bluiih or 
purplifh, as it is viewed in different lights, feen all over the back, and that particularly 
in the male, and the rump has a tinge of greenifh or greyifh : the wings "are mode¬ 
rately long, and their principal feathers are brown: the tail is moderately long, and 
compofed of twelve feathers; they are brown, and have fome yellow at their edges. 
This is frequent with us, and, when taught, will imitate the human voice. All the 
writers on birds have named it, and all have called it by the fame name Sturnus, 
A L A U D A. 
T HE beak of the Alauda is ftraight, and of a Tubulated form, and both the chaps 
are equal in length : the tongue is membranaceous, acute, and emarginated, 
and the hinder toe is longed:. * 
Alauda reclricibUs albo et ferrugineo partim variegates, 
The Alauda, with the long wing feathers variegated with 
white and brown. 
This is fomewhat larger than the common fparrow, and the body is longer, in pro¬ 
portion to it’s thicknefs ; it’s weight is about an ounce and half: the head is fmall, 
and the beak flender; the noftrils are fmall and round : there is a grey corona fur¬ 
rounding the hinder part of the head, and reaching to the eyes; and the bird has a 
way of ereding the feathers along the top of the head, fo as to form a kind of creft : 
the general colour of the head is a brownifh-grey, with fome blacknefs in the middle 
of the feathers: the back is of the fame general colouring, and has the fame varie¬ 
gations : there is fome white under the throat toward it’s top, and lower down it is 
yellowifh, with fpots of brown : the wings are long and well-feathered ; the tail is 
moderately long, and is formed of twelve feathers: the legs are brown ; the toes are 
llender, and the hinder one longed. 
This is very common with us, and is defcribed by all the writers on birds. They 
call it Alauda. vulgaris; and fome of them Alauda criftata; others, Alauda non 
criftata. 
Alauda lineola fuperciliorum alba. 
The Alauda , with the line over the eyes white. 
This is confiderably fmaller than the common lark; it’s weight is hardly ah ounce ; 
the head is fmall and deprelfed the iris of the eyes is hazel j the beak is fully half an 
inch long, and very llender : the head, the Ihoulders, and the back are mottled with 
yellow, black, and greenifh : the rump is, limply, of a yellowilh-green• and the 
neck, on it’s upper part, has all the variegations of the back, but they are obfaxred 
by a conliderable admixture of grey. 
The throat, the bread:, and Tides are of a yellowifh-white, variegated with fpots of 
black; and the lower part of the belly is, limply, of a whitifh-yellow. 
It is frequent with us in woods, and fits on trees, which the former fpecies never 
does. All the writers on birds have defcribed it. They call it by the general name of 
Alauda Prater um 8 
Alauda 
