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SPECIES V. The leffer Crefted Lark. 
IViL orn . 209* 
Rail Jyn. av. 69. 
T HIS fpecies we find in Mr. Ray's 
hiftory of Englijh birds; who fays it is 
found in Forkjhire, but gives us only 
this brief defcription of it, from Aldrovandus * 
it is like the greater crefted lark, but much lefs, 
and not fo brown 5 that it hath a confiderable 
Alauda criftata minor. BrlJJbn av . 
III. 361. 
tuft on its head for the fmallnefs of its body; and 
that its legs are red. We never faw this kind; 
but by Mr. Bolton's lift of Torkjhire birds, which 
he favoured the fociety with, we are informed it 
is in plenty in that country. 
SPECIES VI. The Grafshopper Lark. Plate Q- Fig. 5 
Tit-lark that fings like a grafshopper. 
IVil. orn. 209. 
Alauda minima locuftae voce. 
Locufiella D. Johnfon. 
1 | \ HIS bird we received out of Shrop . 
/hire : it is the fame with that Mr. Ray 
defcribes as having the note of the 
grafshopper, but louder and ftirilier. When it 
fings it fits on the higheft branch of a bufh, with 
its mouth open and ftrait up, and its wings dif- 
heveled. This bird is reprefented as large as life. 
The bill is very (lender, of a dufky color : the 
head, and whole upper part of the body is of a 
Rail Jyn * av. 70* 
Ray's letters . 108. 
Alauda fepiaria. Brijfon av . III. 347 
greenilh brown, fpotted with black : the quil fea¬ 
thers dufky, edged with an olive brown; the tail 
is very long,compofed of twelve (harp pointed fea-* 
thers ; the two middlemoft are the loneeft, the 
others on each fide grow gradually (horter. The 
under fide of the body is of a dull yellowilh white, 
darkeft about the breaft : the legs are of a dirty 
white : the hind claw Ihorter, and more crooked, 
than is ufual in the lark kind. 
SPECIES VII. The Willow Lark. Plate Q. Fig. 4. 
fig ^ HIS fpecies has exadfly the fame 
acftions and note with the preceding 
“““ bird. It annually vifits fome willow 
hedges near a pool in TFhiteford parifh, Flint - 
fljire y where it continues the whole fummer. It 
is inferior in fize to the laft. The head, back, 
and coverts of the wings are of a yellowilh brown 
marked with dulky fpots : the quil feathers are 
dulky, their exterior edges of a dirty yellow: 
over each eye from the bill palfes a whitifh ftroke. 
The chin and throat are white : the whole under 
fide of the body is of a dull yellowilh white : 
the tail is of a dark brown : the legs are of a yel¬ 
lowilh brown : the back claw like that of the 
preceding bird. 
GENUS 
