LARK. 271 



4— CRESTED LARK. 



Alauda cristata, Ind. Orn. ii. 499. Lin. i. 288. Gm. Lin. i. 796. Scop. i. No. 1S5. 



Brun. No. 228. Midler, No. 234. Kramer, p. 362. Georgi, 173. .Brw. iii. 357. 



/V/.Svo. i. 410. tf/ein, 71. 3. Id. Stem. ii. 13. 1. 15. 6. a— c. Id. Ov. t. 9. f. 4. 



Borowsk, iii. 200. JFaim. arag. p. 84. Rati, 69. 4. Will. 151. t. 40. Gerin. iv. 



t. 374. 1. Tern. Man. d'Orn. 159. /d. £rf. ii. p. 278. 

 Cochevis, ou grosse Alouette huppee, Buf. v. 66. Pl.enl. 503. 1. Hist. Pi-ov. i. 503. 

 Die Haubenlerche, Naturf. xvii. 79. 



Lodola capelluta, Olin. t. p. 13. Zinnan. Uov. 64. t. 9. t. 56. 

 Krautvogel, Gunth. t. 97. 

 Crested Lark, Gen. Syn. iv. 389. Alb. iii. pi. 52. Will. Engl. p. 208. Shaw's Zool. 



x. p. 533. 



SOMEWHAT bigger than the Skylark ; length seven inches ; 

 extent thirteen. The bill a trifle longer, and the tail shorter than 

 in that bird ; in colour it approaches near to the Skylark, so as, at 

 first sight, scarcely to be distinguished, though the difference is 

 manifest : in the Crested one the under wing coverts, and the inner 

 edge of all the wing feathers beneath, are of a clear reddish tinge, 

 not seen in the Skylark ; the tail is black, the exterior feather, 

 on the outer web, and more than half of the inner, in an oblique 

 line, of a clear orange-colour, not white ; the second has the outer 

 web and the extremity orange; third, fourth, and fifth plain black, 

 with a slight touch of orange at the tip ; the two middle ones dark 

 brown, obscurely edged with russet; all the feathers are equal in 

 length, but more obtuse than in the Skylark ; feathers of the head 

 almost half an inch in length, from the front to the crown, and may 

 be raised nearly upright at the will of the bird ; the legs and claws 

 are yellow. 



This species is said to be found in various parts of Europe — 

 France, Italy, Germany, Denmark, and Russia, but whether in 

 this kingdom is doubtful ; indeed, the late Mr. Lewin shewed me a 

 Lark, killed here, which was full eight inches long, and bigger than 



