CRESTED LARK. 



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INSESSORES. 

 CONIROSTRES. 



A LA UDTDJE. 



THE CRESTED LARK. 



Alauda cristata. 



Alauda cristata, Crested Lark, GOULD, Birds of Europe, pt. xix. 

 Alouette cochevis, TEMM. Man. d'Ornith, vol. i. p. 277. 



THE following letter referring to the occurrence of this 

 species 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 cu- 

 rious 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 



