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ANDALUCIAN SHORT-TOED LARK. 
Calandrella Btica Dyesser. 
Adult: Similar to the preceding du¢ much darker and 
more copiously marked beneath; outermost tail-feathers much 
whiter than in C. drachydacty/a. Bill horn-brown ; legs and 
indes' brown. Length 5°5 inches; iculmen 04; wing @s:a" 
patl2.; tarsus 0°75: 
Distribution : Summer visitant to Southern Spain, prob- 
ably wintering in North-eastern Africa. 
Habitat : Corn-lands. 
PALLAS’S SHORT-TOERD Lark 
Calandrella pispoletta (Fa//). 
Adult: Feathers above brownish-grey, with darker centres ; 
quills dark brown with whitish margins, ¢erdzarzes about an 
inch shorter than the longest primaries ; wing-coverts broadly 
edged with pale brown, tail-feathers chiefly blackish brown, 
except outermost pair, which are chiefly white, central pair 
washed with light brown; streak above and below the eye 
whitish ; under parts white ; sides of neck, breast and flanks 
spotted and streaked with brown ; bill horn-colour ; legs light 
brown; irides dark brown. Length 6°6 inches; culmen 0'5 ; 
wing 3'8; tail 2°3; tarsus 0°85. 
Female: Slightly smaller. 
Distribution: Resident in Southern Russia. 
Habitat: Similar to C. drachydactyla. 
Genus MELANOCORYPHA. 
CALANDRA LARK. 
Melanocorypha calandra (Lenz). 
Adult: General colour above greyish-brown, with darker 
cen'res to the feathers; superciliary stripe ill-defined and 
