LARKS 369 



One near Southampton, 1862, another ten years previously: 

 Pemberton Bartlett, Zool, 1862, p. 7930 ; Wise, " New 

 Forest," p. 315. The first-mentioned, bird was taken 

 alive, and an account of its habits in captivity is given 

 on the page indicated. 



One, Brighton, Nov. 15, 1873 : Dawson Rowley, Field, 

 Nov. 22, 1873 ; Borrer, "Birds of Sussex," p. 113. 



One, South Breydon Marshes, Norfolk : Saunders, " Manual 

 Brit. Birds," p. 255. 



One taken by a bird-catcher near Cambridge, Nov. 1882 : 

 Harting, Zool., 1883, p. 33. 



One, Amberley, Sussex, July 18, 1888, netted by a bird- 

 catcher : H. Saunders, Zool., 1888, p. 350. 



One, Blackrock Lighthouse, co. Mayo, Oct. 11, 1890 : Bar- 

 rington, Zool., 1891, p. 186 ; the first recorded from 

 Ireland ; A. G. More, Irish Nat, 1892, p. 3. 



Ohs. By some authors the Short-toed Lark has 

 been placed in a different genus from the Skylark, 

 Alauda, namely, in the genus Calandrella; but 

 apparently on the very slightest grounds. It is 

 evidently a near relative of our Woodlark. It is 

 common in the South of France and in Spain, as 

 well as in North Africa in v(7inter. 



CALANDRA LARK. Alauda calandra, Linnseus. Length, 

 8 in. ; bill, 0"6 in. ; wing, 5 in. ; tarsus, 0*9 in. 



Hah. Central, Southern, and South-Eastern Europe 

 and through Persia to India. 



One, Devonport, near Plymouth: Gatcombe, Zool., 1863, 

 p. 8768 ; Rowe, " Cat. Birds Devon," 1863, pp. 24, 25. 



One near Exeter: Gurney, Zool., 1869, p. 1599; D'Urban 

 and Mathew, " Birds of Devon," p. 103. 



Ohs. On the subject of these records Professor 



Newton has the following note: "Two examples of 



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