CRESTED LARK. 
ALAUDA CRISTATA, Linn. 
Alauda cristata, Linn. 8S. N. i. p. 288 (1766); Naum. iv. 
p. 184; Hewitson, i. p. 178; Yarr. ed. 4, i. p. 682. 
Galerita cristata, Dresser, iv. p. 285. 
Cochevis huppé, French; Cujada, Carretera, Spanish ; 
Haubenlerche, German. 
Though the Crested Lark is a common bird on the 
Continent of Europe as close to our shores as Holland, 
Belgium, and the North of France, not a dozen authenti- 
cated instances of its occurrence in England have been 
recorded, and these, almost without exception, have been 
noted in our southern counties im autumn and winter. 
This Lark is very abundant in Central and Southern 
Europe and throughout North Africa, and its profusion 
was noted by Lord Lilford in Spain and Cyprus. 
‘Towards the Sahara and in the Hast closely allied forms 
are found, which are not easily discriminated from the 
present species. [O. S.] 
