Gen. Alauda, Linnaeus (as restricted.)

Char. - Bill  moderate, nearly  straight,   conical or  subulate, slender; wings long, the first primary exceedingly minute, and the next four sub-equal, the fifth in some decidedly shorter; tips of the lesser quills emarginated; tail short or moderate, forked ; tarsus somewhat lengthened; feet large; hind claw "-very long; coronal feathers elongated, forming a full crest.