112 DESERT LARK. 



GRANIVORJE. 

 Family ALAUDID^. 



Genus Alauda. (Linnceus.) 



Section II. — Larks properly so called. 

 Beak rather slender, and nearly straight and conical. 



DESEET LARK. 



Alauda lusitania. 



Alauda lusitania, - Gmelin; Syst., vol. i., p. 798. 



" " Latham; Ind., vol. ii., p. 500. 



" " Degland. 



" isabellina, Temminck; Man., 4th. part, 1840, p. 637. 



" " Schlegel, 1844. Bree; first Edition. 



Annomanes isabellina, Bonaparte; Consp. Avium, p. 244. 



" " Tristram; Ibis, vol. i., p. 422. 



" " Loche; Cat., p. 83, No. 159. 



Alouette isabelle, Of the French. 



Isabellfarbige Lerche, Of the Germans. 



Specific Characters. — False primary one third the length of the first true 

 one, which is shorter than the next four, and about equal in length with 

 the sixth. Plumage beautiful isabelle or rich almond-colour. Hind claw 

 slightly arched, and about the same length as the toe. Length of male 

 specimen sent me by Mr. Tristram, six inches and a half; carpus to tip 

 four inches; tail three inches; tarsus four fifths of an inch; toe three 

 tenths of an inch; claw three tenths of an inch; beak seven tenths of an 

 inch. 



There is likely to be some confusion among the Desert Larks, in 

 consequence of the adoption of similar names to designate different 

 birds. Thus the present bird is called the Desert Lark, but Mr. 



