Alauda

He even formed, almost entirely of Gauls, a special legion called Alauda (lark), because it bore on the helmets a lark with outspread wings, the symbol of wakefulness.

A Popular History of France from the Earliest Times, Volume 1 1830

The remaining two species occur on only one island each - the endangered Raso lark (Alauda razae, CR) on Raso Island and the Cape Verde warbler (Acrocephalus brevipennis, EN) on Santiago Island.

Cape Verde Islands dry forests 2008

Percnopterus, wagtails, three kinds of Conirostres, and an Alauda are found here, one or two Sylviae.

Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries William Griffith

Presumptuous now from his success, he added, at his own private charge, more legions to those which he had received from the republic; among the former of which was one levied in Transalpine Gaul, and called by a Gallic name, Alauda [49], which he trained and armed in the Roman fashion, and afterwards conferred on it the freedom of the city.

The Lives of the Twelve Caesars, Volume 01: Julius Caesar Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus

Birds as before, Alauda cristata, and Sylvioides being the most common; no red legged crows were seen.

Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries William Griffith

The wind inclining to be hot, but it is cool up to 7.5 or 8 A.M. Alaudo cristata? and an Alauda with the form of Sylvia.

Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries William Griffith

He used to say that he appointed men from the front ranks of the army, common soldiers, men of the Alauda, [33] as judges.

The Orations of Marcus Tullius Cicero, Volume 4 Marcus Tullius Cicero

Presumptuous now from his success, he added, at his own private charge, more legions to those which he had received from the republic; among the former of which was one levied in Transalpine Gaul, and called by a Gallic name, Alauda [49], which he trained and armed in the Roman fashion, and afterwards conferred on it the freedom of the city.

De vita Caesarum Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus

Alauda and the rest of the veterans, the seminary of the judges of the third decury; who, having exhausted their own estates, and squandered all the fruits of Caesar's kindness, have now set their hearts on our fortunes.

The Orations of Marcus Tullius Cicero, Volume 4 Marcus Tullius Cicero

[49] So called from the feathers on their helmets, resembling the crest of a lark; Alauda, Fr. Alouette.

The Lives of the Twelve Caesars, Volume 01: Julius Caesar Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus