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INSESSOItES. 



CONIROSTRES. 



ALAUDID.E. 



ALAUDIDJE. 



THE CRESTED LARK. 



Alauda cristata. 



Alauda, cristata, Crested Lark, 

 Alouette cochevis, 



GOULD, Birds of Europe. 



TEMM. Man. d'Ornith. vol. i. p. 277. 



YIEILLOT, Faun. Frans. p. 171. 



THE following letter referring to the occurrence of this 

 specie's in Ireland, appeared, with a characteristic figure, 

 in the Dublin Penny Journal of February 27th, 1836, vol. 

 iv. No. 191, page 276, to the Editor : " Sir, in a shooting 

 excursion a few weeks ago, I killed, near Taney, a curious 

 species of Lark, of which the above is a sketch. The 

 bird was about seven inches long, like the common Lark, 

 Alauda arvensis, in form ; but differing from it in having 



