SHORT-TOED LARK. 
CALANDRELLA BRACHYDACTYLA (Leisler). 
Alauda brachydactila, Leister, Ann. d. Wett. Ges. f. d. ges. 
Nat. iii. p. 357 (1814). 
Alauda brachydactyla, Naum. iv. p. 188 ; Hewitson, i. p. 181. 
Calandrella brachydactyla, Yarr. ed. 4, i. p. 637; Dresser, iv. 
p. 341. 
Calandrelle, French; Kurzzehige Lerche, German ; Ter- 
rera, Terreruela Calandreta, Spanish. 
The recorded occurrences of this species in our 
country are very few, as may naturally be expected 
in the case of a bird whose habitat lies in Southern 
Europe and North Africa. The Short-toed Lark is 
extremely common, and, I believe, a permanent resident 
in the open country of Central and Southern Spain, and 
prefers the frequent expanses of sandy moorland and 
waste ground to the cultivated districts, although, in 
the autumn, winter, and early spring, it may be met 
with in flocks on the fallows, consorting with other 
species. I have always found this Lark to be one of 
the most confiding and fearless of birds, in fact it will 
hardly get out of the way of a horse, and in the summer 
will generally allow of a very close approach on foot ; 
