SHORT-TOED LARK. 



JNSESSORES. 

 CONIROSTRES. 



463 



ALAUDID&. 



SHORT-TOED LARK. 



Alauda brachydactyla. 



Aluuda bracltydactyla, Sliort-toed Lark, GOULD, 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 ex- 

 ample of the Short-toed Lark had been caught in a net 

 near that town on the 25th of that mouth ; 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- 

 liarities it has received its name. I am not aware that 



