The Tippit or lejfer Lark. Alauda Minor.
Numb. XLIV.
IT S Weight is eleven Drams; its Length from the end of the Bill to
the end of the Tail is fix Inches and a half,; Breadth, ten Inches.
It is fmaller than the common Lark, weighing not half fo much; its
Bill is long, ilender, and {harp pointed, half an Inch and half a quarter
long, of a yellowifh dusky Colour, fomewhat flattiih; its Head, Neck,
Back and Wings are of a dirty Olive-green, the middle of each Feather
having a Shade of black; its Breaft and Belly are of a yellowiih white,
faintly fpotted with black; it hath fixteen prime Feathers in each Wing,
the fir ft four, or outermoft, are pointed, and half an Inch and half
a quarter longer than the reft, the others are blunt and, indented,
’except the three laft, which are pointed as the firft, but not indented;
the firft and fecond covert Feathers of the Wings have a Border of a
'ditty white. ■
The Tail is two Inches and a half long, made up of twelve Feathers,
the outermoft of which is almoft half way white, its exterior Edge of a
dirty white, the fecond Feather only pointed with white, the next
three blackifh, their exterior Edges hath a caft of yellow, the two
middlemoft are of a dusky Colour with light Edges.
The Feet and Legs are of a dusky yellow; its hind Claw half an
Inch long, after the manner of the other Larks. They come about
the middle of September, and are taken in great Numbers by the Bird-
Catchers about London.