SHORT-TOED LARK. 463 
INSESSORES. ALAUDID. 
CONIROSTRES. 
SHORT-TOED LARK. 
Alauda brachydactyla. 
Alauda brachydactyla, Short-toed Lark, GouLp, Birds of Europe, pt: xv. 
Ge a Alouette & doights courts, Temm. Man. d’Ornith. vol. i. p. 
284, and vol. iii. p. 205. 
Ar 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 canght 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- 
liarities it has received its name. I am not aware that 
