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La petite Alouette hupee, Brif. orn. iii. p, 361. N° 9. 



Le Lulu, ou la petite Alouette huppee, Buf. oif. v. p. 74. — PL ml. 503 f. 2. 



Alauda criftata minor, Rati Syn, p. 69. A. 5. 



Leffer Crefted Lark, Will. orn. p. 207. — Br. Zool. i. N° 141. 



r p H I S is lefs than the laft fpecies. Aldrovandus * is the only 

 one who defcribes it; who merely obferves, that it is not fo 

 brown as the Greater Crefted Lark, and the tuft on the head larger 

 in proportion to the fize of the bird, and that the legs are red. It 

 is faid likewife, that it flies in flocks, contrary to the Greater 

 Crefted Lark, which is feldom feen but alone. It is for the moft 

 part met with in woods and thickets, where it makes its neft. 



This has been met with in Italy, Aufiria, Poland, and Silejia ; 

 as alfo in the northern parts of England,, being faid to be found in. 

 plenty in York/hire. 



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LESSER 



CRESTED L, 



Description 



Place. 



La Coquillade, Buf. oif. v. p. 77. — PI. enl. 662. 



TT HIS is fix inches and three quarters long. The bill nearly 

 an inch long! and rather ftout ;. brown above, and whitifh 

 beneath : on the crown is a creft, which it can erect at pleafure ;. 

 the feathers which compofe th-is are black, with white edges : the 

 plumage on the upper parts of the head and body is blackifh- 

 and pale rufous mixed : the greater wing coverts tipped with 

 white : the wing and tail feathers brown, with pale rufous 

 edges, a few of the wing feathers excepted, which are margined or 

 tipped with white : the throat, and all the under parts of the body,. 



UNDATED' 

 L. 



Description- 



• Qm. ii. p. 37 u. 



white,. 



