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The Calandra, which perchance is no other than the Bunting, 



T His bird Olina defcribesin this manner. It is a kind of Lark, fbmething bigger 

 than the common, otherwife for (hape of body not much unlike it : In reipedi 

 of bignefs comparable to a Thrufh. Its head is greater than a Thruffxs $ its Bill (horter 

 and thicker : Its Feet as in other Larks. The colour of its under or fore part is a 

 light cinereous, with certain black fpots ontheBreaft, after the manner o£ a Thru fa. 



* a certa »\ Of its upper or hind-part, wa. the Back, Wings, and Tail, &c. like that of * Vmher. 



Sterrufeof About two inches below the Bill a circle of black feathers encompafles the Neck, in 



a dusky co- fafhion of a Collar or Necklace. 



lour. -p^is j^^j ^ eems to b e t jj e ^ ame w j t jj our B mt j„g hereafter to be deferibed. The 



figure of the Bill inO/?WsCutdothnot agree to the Bunting, indeed anfwers not to 

 his own deicription 5 it being drawn as flender and long as a Thrufhes, whereas he de- 

 fcribes it thicker and (hotter. BeUonius his deicription of the Calandra agrees well 

 enough to the Buntings although he alio defcribes the Bunting elfe where, under the 

 title of Cenchramus. Howbeir, that we may leave the Header to the liberty of his 

 judgment concerning thefe matters, we (hall fubjoyn BeUonius his deicription of Ca- 

 landra. Calandra ( faith he) is a fort of Larfa which who fo defires to know, let 

 him fancy a crefted Lark, approaching to the bignefs of a Starling. Wherefore he 

 that (hall call it a great Lar^may well feem not unfitly to denominate it. For both its 

 voice, though higher, is altogether like the voice of a Lark.? and alfo the colour of 

 its feathers the fame, its Head the fame, its Wings the fame, its Tail the fame, and 

 likewife its conditions the fame : Its Legs,Feet,and Toes altogether alike, and in thefe 

 the Spur or back-claw long, as in Larks. The Neck flender where it is joyned to the 

 Head, as we obferved alfo in the Peacock.? and which is likewife common to Quails. 

 But becaufe it differs not from a common Lark, fave in bignels, and the crefted Lark., 

 as we faid, is bigger than the common, and hath a tuft on his Head, which both the 

 common Lark, and the Calandra want 5 1 can eafily allow this fort of bird to be called 

 a Lark., and to be comprehended under the Genus of Larks. The Calandra exceeds 

 the reft of this kind in bignefs, and therefore ftandsin need of a thicker Bill, that it 

 might break the harder forts of grains upon which it feeds, though thofe that are kept 

 (hut up in Cages are wont to be fed with Oats and crums of white bread. Thus far 

 BeUonius. 



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The crefted Lark., caUed hj the Germans, Kommanick, feen and defcribed at Vienna in 

 Auftria. Alauda criftata, Calerita. 



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head. 



T is bigger than the common Lark.? hath a greater and longer Bill, almoft an inch 

 long, meafuring from the point to the corner of the mouth : The upper Chap 

 dusky, the lower whitifh. The Tongue is broad, fomewhat cloven 5 the hides of 

 the Eyes of a cinereous hazel colour. The Creft upon the crown of the Headcon- 

 fifts of (even or eight feathers [ I counted ten or twelve. ] Thefe feathers are fituate 

 * Acrofs the * tranfrerfly, and may be ere&ed or lowred, fpread or contracted at pleafure, like the 

 Tail. Thefe feathers are blacker than the reft, and almoft half an inch long. The 

 Back is more cinereous, and left fpotted than in the common Lark.: The Rump almoft 

 wholly deftitute of (pots. 



The prime feathers of the Wings are4n number eighteen, befides the outmoft very 

 fhort and fmall one. The outer Vane of the firft Pinion feather is of a dirty white, 

 inclining to red or yellow : The reft are not fo black as in the common Lark ■> and have 

 fome mixture of a pale red, even in their lower part. The Breaft and Belly are white, 

 with a da(h of yellow : The Throat fpotted, as in the common Lark •" The Tail is 2 |. 

 inches long, compofed of twelve feathers 5 the two outmoft whereof on each fide 

 have their exteriour borders white, with a daffi of red, being elfe black 3 the third 

 and fourth are wholly black, the fifth and fixth of the fame colour with the body. 

 The Gall from green inclines to a dark blue. [ I (uppofe this is accidental, and that 

 the colour of the Gall varies in divers birds.] The blind Guts are very (hort. 



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