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MONGOLIAN
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NEW ZEALAND
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CAPE L.
D escription.
Alauda Mongolica, Pall. Tran), iii. p. 697. 19.
B I G G E R than the Calandre. Bill ftout: head and neck
ferruginous, deepelt on thé crown, which is encircled with
white, and has a fpot of white in the middle of i t : on the throat
a large bifid patch of black.
This inhabits the Salt Meadows, between the rivers Argun and
Onon, on the Chinefe frontiers. Is for the moft part feen on the
ground, and has a fweet fong.
J E N G T H feven inches and a half. Bill half an inch,
pale alh-colour, with the upper part black : the upper parts
of the body are dufky, edged with pale alh-colour: above the
eye a white ftreak; through the eye one of mottled black: fore
part of the neck marked as the upper parts, but much paler:
breaft and belly white: vent pale cinereous : legs reddilh alh-
colour : claws black ; hind one almolt ftrait, and half an inch in
length.
Inhabits Charlotte Sound, and called Kogoo arourc.
From Sir JoJ'epb Banks's drawings.
Alauda Capenns, Lin. Syfi, i. 288. N°€.
■ L’ Alouette du Cap de Bonne Elperance, B rif urn. iii. 364. N° 11. pl. 19.
f- 3-
La Cravate jaune, ou Calandre du Cap de Bonne Efperance, Buf. oif, v.
p. 54.— PU enU 504. f. 2.
Lev, Muf,
' J ' O T A L length eight inches. Bill ten lines long, and of a
yellowilh brown colour : the upper parts of the body and
tail