*• ^ AJauda arvenfis, Lin. Syjl. i. p. 287. j —Faun. Suec. 209.— Scop. ann. i.
SKY-LARK. N° 84— Bran. N° 221.—Muller, p, 28. N° 22g.— F rfci. pi. i j . f. u
—Kram. el. p. 362. 2.
L ’Alouette, Brif. orn. iii. p. 335. N° 1 .— Buf. oif. r. p. 1. pi- 1 ._I
PL.enl. 363. f. i.. .
Field-lark^ or Sky-lark, Rail Syn. p. 69. A. 1.— Will. orn. zo ^ .-M in . h
pi. 41.—Br.Zool. i. N° 136. pi, 55.— Aril. Zooh.
Mr. Mu/. Lev. Mu/.,
BasscaiKTioK. 'J ' H E length o f this bird is about feven inches, and’ it is at
final] matter bigger than the Houfe Sparrow in the body..
The bill is above half an inch long,, and dulky; the’under man -
dible yellowilh: the top of the head reddiih brewn, the middle
of each feather black; the hind part inclines to alh, and is,
plain j the chin whitilhr on the upper parts of the body the feathers
are reddiih brown, with the middle dark brown, and the
edges very pale r the fore part of the neck rufous white,, dafhed:
with blackilh : from the bread: to. the vent yellowilh white : quills
brown, with the outer edges yellowilh,, whitilh- towards the tip
the two middle feathers of the tail are blackilh, with rufous grey
margins. the reft not- much unlike in colour, but the fourth,
has a whine margin, the fifth white- on. the outer web, and the.
out mod the fame, and on the inner web alfo near the tip : the-
legs are du lk y th e claws blackilh,.the hind one long and ftrait.
The male exceeds the female in fi'ze.
Placb a»j> Thefe bird's are very plenty in England, and moff probablv
Manners. «.l.- l .. 1 1 i . H r ■ . * throughout the-old continent,, as we hear of them in Norway>,
Sweden, Germany, France, Italy, Greece *, and at. the Cape of
«■ Brunnich. Faun. Suec. p. 76.— Fri/ck~-BuJfb»t— 01in« need. p. 12,__
Felon. abf, 12*.
L
Goode
Good Hope *, and no doubt in the intermediate places, though
not direftly recorded by authors; very common in Ruffta and
Sibiria, even as far as Kamtfchatka •, in fome parts of Germany
much more plentiful than in any part of England^. I do not
find any account of their inhabiting America-, though indeed
Sloane mentions meeting with them fome leagues out at fea.
As to their manners, I can have little to add to thofe mentioned
by Mr. Pennant, in the Britijh Zoology ; who, with his ufual elegance,
has faid every thing; and indeed, the general knowledge
which every one has of this bird, leaves no room for further in-
veftigation.
L’Alouette blanche, Brif. orn. iii. p. 339. A. pi. 19. f. 1 .— Buf. oif. v.
p. 20.
Weifle-lerche, Frifch. t. 16»
1.
V ar. A.
WHITE L.
H I S is a mere variety of the laft, and is oftener found in
the colder climates, at leaft when of a pure white; for of
D escription.
• Kolb. Cap, iii. p. 164.-—One fent from the Cape by Mr. Ma/fon, now at
Sir J . Banks's, is a trifle lefs than ours ; and the hind claw fhort, though ftrait.
Ha/felquijl fays it is common on the fhores of theNile, and adjacent parts. See
Iler. Paltejl.
•f Mr. P. talks of 4000 dozen being taken in the neighbourhood of Dunjla-
ble, between September and February ; but this holds no proportion with what
are at times caught in different parts of Germany, where there is an excife upon
them. Keyjler fays, that the exci/e alone produces' 6000 dollars * every year to
the city of Leipjtc; whofe Larks are famous all over Germany, as having the moft
delicate flavour. But it is not only at Leipjtc- that they are taken in fuch numbers,
but alfo in the country about Naumburg, Merfeburg, Halle, and other parts.
See Keyjler's Trav. vol. iv. p. 315.
VOL. II.
* About 900/. fterling.
3 B thofe