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CRESTED LARK. 



PLATE LXXIV, FIG. II. 



Alauda cristata, .... Gould. 



The nestj placed on the ground, is made of grasses. 



The eggs are four or five in number, of a light grey 

 colour, spotted with light and dark brown. 



One is greenish yellow, marked over moderately 

 with darker patches. 



A second is yellowish brown, speckled with darker, 

 with a band of reddish brown near the obtuse end. 



A third is greyish brown, elegantly spotted and 

 dashed over with yellowish brown and dark grey. 



A fourth is greyish olive, speckled and spotted all 

 over with darker marks. 



A fifth is reddish brown, very richly marked all 

 over with larsre dark marks, some brown, and others 

 yellowish, run together at the base. 



A sixth, a splendid variety, figured by Professor 

 Thieneman, is grey, most elegantly dotted all over 

 with clear red, a galaxy of which encircles the base. 



A seventh is grey, mottled with yellowish brown. 



An eighth darker grey, thickly speckled all over 

 with greenish yellow. 



A ninth is grey, obscurely marked all over with 

 yellowish brown, mostly at the larger end. 



The figure is from a drawing of a specimen in the 

 collection of H. F. Walter, Esq., of 67, Kussell Square. 



