CRESTED LARK. A455 
INSESSORES. ALAUDIDZE, 
CONTIROSTRES. 
THE CRESTED LARK. 
Alauda cristata. 
Alauda cristata, Crested Lark, Gouxp, Birds of Europe, pt. xix. 
ss Pf Alouette cochevis, TemM. Man. d’Ornith, vol. i. p. 277. 
Tue 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 im having 
