488 ALAUDIDjE. 



TNSESSORES. ALA UDID^E. 



CONIROSTRES. 





SHORT-TOED LARK. 



Alauda brachydactyla. 



Alauda brachydactyla, Short-toed Larlc, GOULD, Birds of Europe. 



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 ex- 

 ample 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 examination. 



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 pecu- 



