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CRESTED LARK. 



(Alauda cristata.) 



Al. rectricibus 7i?gn's, extimis duabus margine exterior e albis, 

 capite cristato. 



Lark with black tail-feathers, the two outer of which are white 



on their exterior edges ; head crested. 

 Alauda cristata. Lin. Si/st. Nat. 1. 288. 0. — Gmel. Si/st. Nat. 



1. 7g6. — Briss. Orn. 3. 357- 8. — Lal/i, Ind. Orn, 1. 499. 25. 

 Le Cocheris, ou la grosse Alouette huppee. ^^^ff- Hist, Nat. 



Ois. 5. 66.— Buff. PI. Enl. 503./. 1. 

 Crested Lark. TVill. Ang. 20S.—Albin. Birds. 3. 52. — Lath. 



Gen. Syn. 4, 389. 23. 



Larger than the Skj-lark : length about seven 

 inches : beak brown : irides hazel : head with the 

 feathers on the crown much elongated and form- 

 ing a crest, which is darker in colour than the rest 

 of the plumage : the back ash-coloured, and spotted 

 with brownish, but less tlian in the Sky-lark : the 

 rump scarcely spotted : the breast and belly yel- 

 lowish white : the throat slightly spotted with 

 dusky : tail rather short ; the two outer feathers 

 with their exterior edges white, tinged with red. 



Found in many parts of Europe, but not in 

 England : it is a fine songster, but does not equal 

 the Sky-lark : it delights in frequenting the banks 

 of rivers and lakes: its nest is placed carelessly 

 on the ground, if possible where junipers are abun- 

 dant: its eggs, which are said to be deposited 

 twice a year, are four or five in number. 



