. An illustrated manual of British birds. Birds. ALAUDID^. 253. THE CRESTED LARK. Alauda cristAta, Linnaeus. The Crested Lark is a tolerably common bird just across the Channel, for instance at Boulogne, Wimereux and Cape Gris Nez (J. H. Gurney), yet authenticated specimens have seldom been obtained, even in the south of England. The late Mr. Bond had an example obtained at Littlehampton, Sussex, previous to 1845, and another was taken alive near Shoreham on October 20th 1863 ; while in Cornwall, at intervals, four have been killed in autumn and winter, and one on June 12th 1880. The late Capt
. An illustrated manual of British birds. Birds. ALAUDID^. 253. THE CRESTED LARK. Alauda cristAta, Linnaeus. The Crested Lark is a tolerably common bird just across the Channel, for instance at Boulogne, Wimereux and Cape Gris Nez (J. H. Gurney), yet authenticated specimens have seldom been obtained, even in the south of England. The late Mr. Bond had an example obtained at Littlehampton, Sussex, previous to 1845, and another was taken alive near Shoreham on October 20th 1863 ; while in Cornwall, at intervals, four have been killed in autumn and winter, and one on June 12th 1880. The late Capt. Hadfield's assertion that one was captured in the Isle of Wight, as well as state- ments that a bird had been taken from the nest near Cambridge and that the species had bred near Dover, lack the requisite confirmation. There are no authentic records from Scotland. In Ireland, a Crested Lark appears to have been shot in co. Dublin prior to February 1836, by Sir W. H. Russell, the celebrated war-correspondent. The Crested Lark flourishes best in warm countries, but it can bear cold well, though snow interferes with its means of subsistence, and it is resident in small numbers as far as 60° N. lat. in Sweden and Russia. In Denmark, Northern Germany, Holland and Bel- gium, it becomes more frequent; in the north of France it is fairly common; while in Central and Southern Europe it is abundant,. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Saunders, Howard, 1835-1907. London, Gurney and Jackson
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