18CMS.,IT IS A SMALL BROWN BIRD AND HAS A SHORT TAIL WITH WITH LIGHT BROWN OUTER FEATHERS.CREST USUALLY OBVIOUS,LONG AND POINTED AND IS USUALLY MORE PRONOUNCED DURING TERRITORIAL AND COURTSHIP DISPLAYS AND WHEN SINGING.IN FLIGHT IT SHOWS REDDISH UNDERWINGS .MAINLY SEEN IN LOWLANDS UPTO 2400 METRES,DRY OPEN COUNTRY,OFTEN SEEN BY THE ROADSIDES OR IN THE CEREAL FIELDS,OCCUPIES SMALL SANDY PATCHES BY RAILWAYS,DOCKS AND AIRFIELDS, SANDY DESERTS AND SEMI-DESERT,VICINITY OF CULTIVATION,DRY COASTAL MUDFLATS.SOLITARY OR SCATTERED INDIVIDUALS.FEED ON GRAINS AND SEEDS BUT ALSO EAT INSECTS PARTICULARLY BEATLES.