53S 



CRESTED LARK. 

 ( Alauda cristata. ) 



AL. rectricibus nigris, extimis duabus margine exteriore albis, 



capite cristato. 

 Lark with black tail-feathers, the two outer of which are white 



on their exterior edges ; head crested. 

 Alauda cristata. Lin. Syst. Nat. 1. 288. 6.Gmel. Syst. Nat. 



1. 796. Briss. Orn. 3. 35?. Q.Lath. Ind. Orn. 2. 499. 25. 

 Le Cocheris, ou la grosse Alouette huppee. Buff. Hist. Nat. 



Ois. 5. 66. Buff". PI. Enl. 503. f. 1. 

 Crested Lark. Will Aug. 208.Albin. Birds. 3. pi. 52. Lath. 



Gen. Syn. 4. 889. 23. 



LARGER than the Sky-lark : length about seven 

 inches : beak brown : irides hazel : head with the 

 feathers on the crown much elongated and form- 

 ing a crest, which is darker in colour than the rest 

 of the plumage : the back ash-coloured, and spotted 

 with brownish, but less than in the Sky -lark : the 

 rump scarcely spotted : the breast and belly yel- 

 lowish white : the throat slightly spotted with 

 dusky : tail rather short ; the two outer feathers 

 with their exterior edges white, tinged with red. 



Found in many parts of Europe, but not in 

 England : it is a fine songster, but does not equal 

 the Sky-lark : it delights in frequenting the banks 

 of rivers and lakes : its nest is placed carelessly 

 on the ground, if possible where junipers are abun- 

 dant: its eggs, which are said to be deposited 

 twice a year, are four or five in number. 



