CHAP. XVIII,] 



BIRDS. 



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Family 37.— ALAUDID^. (15 Genera, 110 Species.) 



The Alaudidse, or Larks, may be considered as exclusively 

 belonging to the great Eastern continent, .since the Nearctic, 

 Neotropical, and Australian regions have each only a single 

 species. They abound most in the open plains and deserts of 

 Africa and Asia, and are especially numerous in South Africa. 

 The genera, including those recently established by Mr. Sharpe, 

 are as follows : — 



Otocorijs (8 sp.) ; the Palsearctic region, North America and 

 south to the Andes of Columbia, North India; (i^^a i929) Alauda (17 

 sp.), Palsearctic region, all Africa, the Peninsula of India, and 

 Ceylon ; (^^^i) Oalerita (10 sp.). Central Europe to Senegal and 

 Abyssinia, Persia, India and North China ; (}^^^) Calendula (2 

 sp.), Abyssinia and South Africa ; Q-^^^ i^^) Calandrella (6 sp.), 

 Europe, North Africa, India, Burmah, North China, and Mon- 

 golia ; (192^ - ^^^^) Melanoconjpha (7 sp.), South Europe to Tartary, 

 Abyssinia, and North-west India ; Pallasia ( =p- "^i). East Asia ; 

 (1938) Certhilauda (4sp.), South Europe, South Africa ; Heterocorys 

 (sp. 7792) South Africa; Q^^^) Alcemon (3 sp.), South-east Europe 

 to Western India, and South Africa ; (i^*'^) Mimfra (25 sp.), the 

 Oriental and Ethiopian regions to Australia ; (i^") Ammomanes 

 (10 sp.), South Europe to Palestine and Central India, and to 

 Cape Verd Islands and South Africa ; (^9*2 w^s) Megalophonus (6 

 sp.), Tropical and South Africa; Tephrocorys (1 sp.). South 

 Africa ; Pyrrhulaiida (9 sp.), all Africa, Canary Islands, India 

 and Ceylon. 



