436 BIRDS OF INDIA. 



A. cantarella, Bonap., a supposed distinct species that has been 

 killed occasionally in tlie South of Europe, and said to be smaller 

 and duller in colour than ca^ve^isis, ou^'ht to be compared with 

 A. gulgula. 



768. Alauda malabarica. Scopoli. 



SONNERAT, Voy. aux Indes Or., 2, pi. 113, f. 1— Blytu, J. A. S. 

 XXIX., p. 96, not of his Catalogue. 



The Crested Malabar Lark. 

 Descr. — ^Very similar to A. guhjula, but has a well developed 

 pointed frontal crest. It is somewhat smaller, and the general tone 

 of coloring much more rufous. It is found in various parts of 

 Southern India, but I am not able at present to define its geogra- 

 phical distribution. It is however, a very distinct species, and 

 follows Spizalauda deva very closely. 



The wood Larks have been separated by Kaup as Lullida, in 

 which the 1st primary is somewhat larger than in Alauda arvensis, 

 and the 2nd also conspicuously shorter than the next three. 



Several African species of Alauda are recorded, but some of 

 them differ slightly from the typical form, and have been named 

 Calendulauda by Blyth, having stouter bills. 



The next form differs from the true Larks in its somewhat longer 

 bill, crested head (to which, however, we are led by the last 

 bird), and in the shorter hind claw. 



Gen. Galerida, Boie. 

 Cltar. — Bill lengthened, slightly curved ; wings, with the first 

 primary moderately developed, the next four sub-equal, the second 

 slightly shorter ; toes and hind claw less elongated than in Alauda ; 

 an erectile, lengthened and pointed crest on the top of the head. 



769. Galerida cristata, Linnaeus. 



Alauda, apud Linn.eus — Gould, Birds of Europe, pi. 165 — 

 HoRSF., Cat. 703 — A. chendula, Franklin, — Gal chendula, 

 Blyth, Cat. 740— A. gulgula, apud Sykes, Cat. 97— x\. deva, 

 apud Jerdon, Cat. 186— Certhilauda Boysii, Blyth (caged 

 specimen) — A. galerita, Pallas — Chendul, H. also in Tel., but 

 sometimes called Jutu-pitla, i. e., the Crested bird. 



