Gen. Spizalauda, Blyth.

J. A. S. XIV. 258.

Char. - Bill as in Alauda, i. e., with the nostrils protected by bristles, but thicker and Mirafra-like in its form ; wings long, with the 1st quill minute, the next four about equal and longest, as in the true Larks ; tertiaries lengthened ; hind toe and claw moderately developed ; claws longer than In Mirafra ; coronal feathers lengthened, and forming a pointed crest.

This is simply a thick-billed and highly crested Alauda.