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red, and the fore neck and breast of a yellowish 
red, whence this species derives the name of Red 
Sandpiper. 
LARK, CRESTED. 
ALAUDA cRIsTaTA, Lin. 
This bird has some resemblance in form to the 
Sky-lark, from which, however, it differs in having 
a longitudinal crest, consisting of ten feathers m 
the shape of a cone, reclining backwards, ‘The head 
and bill of this species are rather large in propor- 
tion to its size, for it is a small specimen of the 
feathered tribe, being only about seven inches long. 
As far as we have any record, only two instances 
are known of its having been met with in 
Britain. Of these, one was killed in Sussex, and 
the other in Ireland in 1836. Its extreme 
rarity in this country is a very singular circum- 
stance, as it is a common bird in the fields and 
plains round Calais, where it remains all the year, 
as well as in many other parts of France, not to 
speak of Switzerland, Spain, Africa, &c., in which 
it is not a stranger. The nest, which the female 
makes on the ground in cultivated fields, is con- 
structed very like that of the Sky-lark, and the 
eggs, of which there are said to be four or five, are 
of a light ash colour, with light and dark brown 
spots. 
