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Message: <blockquote data-quote="SanAngelo" data-source="post: 3604635" data-attributes="member: 134087">It appears that name is dead; it never made into the lexicon of Wilson and Audubon a hundred years down the road, if in fact it is an American bird.It's not mention in the collection of <a href="https://pubs.usgs.gov/rp/0174/report.pdf" target="_blank">Obsolete English names of North American birds and their modern equivalents</a>. Although published in 1988, the introduction to the index well explains the refinement of the compiled list.The links below are pdf files of publications mentioned in the intro of the above index;<a href="http://ia902606.us.archive.org/15/items/catalogueofbirds1311fiel/catalogueofbirds1311fiel.pdf" target="_blank">Catalogue of birds of the Americas and the adjacent islands.</a> This is a large pdf file, 654 pages. A word search on Catesby draws a blank, same for Water Lark.<a href="http://ia600203.us.archive.org/24/items/cu31924090256870/cu31924090256870.pdf" target="_blank">The birds of North and Middle America : a descriptive catalogue</a>. This is a large pdf file, 796 pages. A word search on Catesby has numerous hits but nothing on Water Lark.<a href="http://www.birdsbybent.com/index.html" target="_blank"></a><a href="http://www.birdsbybent.com/index.html" target="_blank">A.C. Bent Life History of Familiar North American Birds.</a> The intro referenced it as a "rich source of names". The Water Lark of Bather ...... what a great mystery..!!</blockquote>

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