72 ALAUDID.E. 



A rare straggler, chiefly late in autumn, to the south coast 

 of England ; it is also said to have occurred near Dublin. It 

 is found in most parts of Continental Europe and Asia. 



Genus CALANDRELLA, Kaup, Natiirl. Syst. p. 39 (1829). 



Calandrella, diminutive of KaXavdpa, for which see the next species. 



Calandrella brachydactyla. SHORT-TOED LARK. 



Alauda brachydactila, Leisler, Ann. d. Wett. 

 Ges. f. d. ges. Nat. iii. p. 357 (1814). 



Alauda brachydactyla, Naum. iv. p. 188 ; Hewitson, p. 181 ; 



Gray, p. 107 ; Yarr. ed. 2, i. p. 463 ; id. ed. 3, i. p. 488 ; 



Harting, p. 110. 

 Calandrella brachydactyla, Newton, i. p. 637 ; Gould, iii. 



pi. 21 ; Dresser, iv. p. 341 . 

 Short-toed Lark, Yarr. ed. 1, i. p. 420*. 



Brachydactyla, short-toed, from j3por\;ws + SaKTvXos. 



A rare autumn straggler to the south coast of England ; 

 has also occurred once near Shrewsbury. It inhabits the 

 south of Europe and North Africa, ranging into Persia and 

 India. 



Genus MELANOCORYPHA, Boie, Isis, 1828, p. 322. 



Melanocorypha, from jueXas = black, and Kopixpf) = the crown of the head. 



[Melanocorypha calandra. CALANDEA LARK. 

 Alauda Calandra, Linnaus, S. N. i. p. 288 (1766). 

 Alauda calandra, Naum. iv. p. 127; Harting , p. 111. 

 Melanocorypha calandra, Gray, p. 108 ; Newton, i. p. 646 ; 

 Dresser, iv. p. 365. 



Calandra = KaXavSpa, a kind of Lark in Oppian, Ix. iii. 15. Etymology 

 f unknown. 



One is recorded as having been killed near Devonport 

 (Zool. 1863, p. 8768), and another near Exeter (Zool. 1869, 

 p. 1599) ; but in both cases there is a jjossibility of mistake. 

 A southern species, occasionally straggling into Central 

 Europe.] 



