SHORT-TOED LARK. 



INSESSOBES. 

 CONTROSTRES. 



420* 



AL AUDI DA':. 



SHORT-TOED LARK. 



AlaMcla brachydactyla. Short-toed Lark, Goulp, Birds of Europe, pt. xv. 



Alouette a doights courts, Temm. Man. d'Ornith. vol. i. p, 

 284, and vol. iii. p. 205. 



At the end of October 1841, I received a letter from Mr. 

 H. Shaw, of Shrewsbury, informing me that an example of the 

 Short-toed Lark had been caught in a net near that town on 

 the 25th of that month ; and shortly afterwards Mr. Shaw 

 very obligingly sent the specimen up to me for my ex- 

 amination. 



This species having some resemblance to our Woodlark, 

 is yet immediately to be distinguished from it by its stouter 

 beak ; its nearly plain unspotted breast, and its very short 

 hind toes and claws, from which latter peculiarities it has re- 

 ceived its name. I am not aware that any other example of 

 this species has been obtained in this country. 



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