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NATURAL HISTORY 
CRESTED-LARK. 
The Crested-Lark is another branch of 
the family of Larks, and differs from the 
others in several particulars. The colour of 
the plumage is more uniform, but fainter 
and less beautiful; it has a shorter tail, and 
differs also in bigness ; besides, it does not 
soar up so high in the air, and, when it 
mounts up, cannot remain so long on the 
wing. They do not assemble together in 
flocks as the others do, but are often seen 
about the banks of lakes and rivers. The 
principal and most striking point of differ- 
ence resides in the crest, which the bird can 
raise or depress at pleasure. There are 
about thirty-one known species of larks. 
Most of them form their nests on the ground, 
and feed principally on insects. 
