i mm i 



( 5* ) 



O R D. III. G E N. VIII. LARK. 



SPE. III. LESS CRESTED LARK. 



Akuda criftata minor. 



La petite Alouette hupee. Brif. Orn. III. p. 361. 



The bill in this fpecies is dark horn colour : eyes brown : a pale line from 

 the bafe of the beak over the eye: the creft is longer than in any of the larks: 

 general colour of the plumage on the upper part is brown, with black oblong 

 dailies: greater and lefs wing coverts rich brown, with buff coloured edges: 

 throat and breaft pale brown, the latter thick fet with black markings appear- 

 ing like ftreaks: belly dull white: quills black: middle tail feathers dark 

 brown, outer ones edged with white : legs and toes very fhort, flender, and 

 of a reddifh colour ; hind claw long, and a little curved. 



This is a fmaller bird than the Iky lark, and the tail is fcarcely longer than 

 the wings. Some few of this fpecies I have meet with in the winter feafon in 

 the fouthern parts of this kingdom ; but they are faid to be frequent in the 

 north, particularly in Yorkfhire, where they breed. 



See PI. XX. Fig. 3, for a reprefentation of the egg. 



