throat, and breaft, of a pale buff-colour; the chin plain i the
others fpotted, much as in the Tit-lark: the wing coverts edged
with dirty white, and deeper than in the laft bird : belly and chin
both white: legs pale brown : hind claw lhorter, and more curved
than in the laft fpecies.
It has the fame haunts, and is poffeffed of partly the fame manners,
as the 'Tit-lark.
7-
LOUISIANE L. La Farlouzzane, Buf. oif. v. p. 38.
D escription.
I
H I S is longer than the laft-mentioned, meafuring at leaft
feven inches. On the upper parts of the body the colour
Teems of a dull brown, but, on further examination, appears to be
compofed of a greenilh and blackilh brown, mixed : the upper
wing coverts and quills blackilh brown, edged with a paler
brown : the tail brown ; the outer tail feather half brown half
Placé,
white, and the laft but one tipped with white: the throat of a
yellowilh grey: the neck and breaft the fame, fpotted with brown j
and the reft of the under parts fulvous.
This came from Louijiana, and has great affinity to, if not a
mere variety only of, the laft-mentioned.
8.
RED L.
L ’Alouette de Penfylvanie, Brif. orn. App. p. 94. N° 13.
L’Alouette aax Joues brunes dc Penfylvanie, Buf,\ o ifv . p. 58.
Lark from Penfylvania, Edvj. pi. 297-
Red Lark, Br. Zool, i. N° 140.—Arft. Zool.
Lev, Muf
D escription. ' J ' H I S equals the Common Lark in lize. The bill is black-
iffi: the upper parts of the body dulky brown : a black
6 mark
mark paffes through the eyes, and a clay-coloured one above i t :
the eye-lids are light coloured; the eye dark : the under parts of
the body light reddilh brown, marked with dulky fpots : legs
dark brown : hind claw long, and fomewhat curved.
This is Mr. Edwards’s defcription ; that of Mr. Pennant is not
far different; but he adds, that the upper parts are fpotted with
black, and that the middle tail feather is black, edged with
brown, and the two exterior white.
This bird is common to North America, and is often met with
in the neighbourhood of London, where Nit. Edwards firft ob-
ferved it.
I have never met with it, except in the Leverian Mufeum,
where there is a fine fpecimen.
Place.
La Roufieline, ou L'Alouette de Marais, Buf. oif. v. p. 60. — PI. enl. 661.
' f. i. MARSH L.
H I S is of a more llender make, and of a lefs fize, than the
SJty-lark: the length is fix inches and a quarter: the bill eight
lines. The whole of the plumage inclines more or lefs to rufous:
the bill is yellowilh : the top of the head, and upper parts of the
neck and body, rufous, mixed with brown : the fides of the head
and throat very pale : on each fide, under , the eye, are three llender
brown ftripes : the under parts of the body are rufous white,
but the breaft and thighs incline much to rufous; the firft of
thefe is marked with llender lines of brown : the tail is pretty
dark, edged with rufous: legs and claws yellowilh.
D escription,
This is found in Germany, particularly in Alface-, and is found
fometim.es to build on the banks of the Mofelle, in the neighbourhood
of Metz, where it is feen every year in October.
Vol. II. 3 C The
Place.