OF BIRDS. 
)rder 6 th. PASSERES. 
Second Divifton, the PASSERINE. 
The beak is conic, and (harp at the point. • 
The legs formed for hopping, and fiender, the toes are 
livided. 
j£Nus 67. A L A U D A. 
The LARK. 
The beak is cylindrical, and (lender; flrnit except to- 
tards the point, where ir is (lightly bending; the mandible* 
ijnal, gaping outwards at the bafe. 
The tongue is divided at the end. 
I he hind claw nearly (Iran, and longcrthan the toe. 
The S K Y - L A R K. 
The two outer tail feathers are white on the outer web 
|li their length, the inner webs of the intermediate tail 
rather*, arc of a ru'd colour. 
Qj fc y-l arks inhabit rdl parts of Fu- 
rope ; and of Siberia, as far as Kamtfehatka ; 
iemoving front cold into milder climates, at the 
Approach of winter. In the ncighbottihood of 
•yunftable, -fourthoufand dozens have been taken 
between the i^th of September, and the 25th of 
B 2 Ecliuary, 
