11,2 ALAUDID^E. 
Family Alaudid^e. 
142. Alauda arvensis, Linn. Sky-Lark. 
Spanish. Zurriaga, Terrera. 
" Found near Tangier during winter, arriving in October 
and November, departing in March. They are found in 
immense flocks during their stay." — Favier. 
The same is to be said of the Sky-Lark in Andahicia, where 
in some localities quantities are caught at night with a bell 
and a lantern. I have known a boy bring in six or seven 
dozen birds at a time. Calandras, Buntings, Larks, in fact 
any birds that sleep on the ground can be thus taken. 
143. Galerita macrorhyncha, Tristram. Tristram's Lark. 
This bird is very similar to G. cristata, but is larger, mea- 
suring about 7*8 inches in length, and having a longer, thicker, 
and more curved bill. It is mentioned by Mr. Drake as having 
been met with near the city of Morocco ; I did not observe 
it near Tangier, and chiefly include it with a view to draw the 
attention of any ornithologist visiting the Straits to the 
subject. 
144. Galerita cristata (Linn.). The Crested Lark. 
Spanish. Carretera. 
The Crested Lark is one of the most abundant birds both 
in Morocco in Andalucia, though never seen in any great 
numbers together. They are distributed in pairs on every road- 
track and open plain, often at intervals of only some twenty 
yards. Excessively tame and fearless, they have acquired the 
name of Carretera, from their habit of frequenting roads, 
to which they resort as much on account of the horse- and 
mule-dung, at which they are to be seen pecking, as for the 
purpose of dusting themselves ; and they are often to be 
noticed on the sea-shore, running about like a Sanderling 
within a yard of the water. They have no song worthy of 
the name, and are altogether rather vulgar and uninteresting 
birds. This species is one of those which I could not detect 
migrating at all. 
