368 HANDBOOK OF BRITISH BIRDS 



One, Braunton Burrows, Devon, autumn 1855: Mathew, 



"Birds of Devon," p. 102. In the collection of Mr. 



Cleveland at Tapley Park, near Bideford. 

 One near Shoreham, Oct. 20, 1863 : Dawson Rowley, Ibis, 



1864, p. 224. In the collection of Mr. T. J. Monk, of 



Lewes. 

 One near Falmouth, Dec. 1865: Bullmore, "Cornish 



Fauna," p. 20; Bidwell, "Visit to Scilly," Trans. 



Norf. Nat. Soc, iv. p. 201. 

 One, Polbrean, Cornwall, June 12, 1880 : Herbert Hart, 



Zool, 1880, p. 302. 

 One, Portslade, near Brighton, Oct. 10, 1881 : Bower, Zool., 



1881, p. 494, and "Birds of Sussex," p. 112. 

 One reared from nest at Ibiston, near Cambridge, and two 



years old at date of record : Doggett, Zool., 1883, p. 178. 



06s. A common bird in France, it is strange that 

 it has not been more frequently detected in the South 

 of England. Apart from its conspicuous crest (too 

 exaggerated in the accompanying figure, PI. 1 1 , fig. 1 2), 

 it may be distinguished from the Sky Lark by the 

 reddish-buff colour of the under surface of the wings, 

 and the comparative shortness of the hind-claws. 



SHORT-TOED LARK. Alauda brachydactyla, Leisler. 

 Length, 5*5 in. ; bill, 0*4 in. ; wing, 3*4 in. ; tarsus, 

 0-75 in. 



Hab. Central and Southern Europe; Western Asia, 

 and North Africa in winter. 



One near Shrewsbury, Oct. 25, 1841 : Yarrell, "Brit. Birds." 

 One near Brighton, Sept. 26, 1854 : Hussey, Zool., 1855, p. 



4558 ; Dawson Rowley, Ibis, 1859, p. 330. 

 One, Scilly, Sept. 23, 1854: Rodd, Zool, 1854, p. 4477, and 



" Birds of Cornwall," p. 51. 

 One, Brighton, April 1858 : Dawson Rowley, I.e. 



