304 LARK. 



like the back ; tail short, the wings reaching to about the middle of 

 it ; legs pale flesh-colour ; hind claw nearly straight, three quarters 

 of an inch in length. 



Inhabits India. — General Hardwicke; known by the name of 

 Jelli. This is smaller than the Calandre Lark, and seems most to 

 approach that figured by Mr. Edwards, and does not ill resemble the 

 one in Olina. I suspect, however, that Buffon's bird, as figured in 

 the PI. enl. must vary considerably in size, if not differing in species, 

 for it measures near eight inches; the mark is upon the breast, and 

 not above it, and a deep brown round patch, instead of a black, and 

 transverse bar; the tail, too, is considerably longer than in any one 

 we have seen of this kind. 



42.— CRESTED CALANDRE LARK. 



SIZE of the last ; but the bill less stout and dusky ; general 

 colour of the plumage much the same, but the feathers of the crown 

 are long, forming a pointed crest ; over the eye a white streak ; chin 

 and throat dusky white, with a few specks on the latter, the white 

 curving under the ears ; above the breast a transverse blackish mark ; 

 breast dusky white, with some brown dashes ; from thence the rest 

 is white ; quills and tail brown ; the latter one inch and three 

 quarters long, the two middle feathers brown, the rest dusky black, 

 but the outer one white on the outer web ; the wings reach rather 

 beyond the base ; legs as in the other. 



Inhabits India. — Gen. Hardwicke. This bird appears not unlike 

 the Calandre, but the bill is less stout, and the tail longer, inde- 

 pendent of the crest; and is therefore, in all probability, a distinct 

 species. 



