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Genus CALANDRELLA Kaup, Naturl. Syst. 1829, p. 39. 

 Type : C hrachydacti/la (Leisler). 



Calandrella^ diminutive of KaXavSpa^ sl kind of lark in Oppian. 



Calaiidrella brachydactyla. Short-toed Lark. 



Alauda brachydactila Leisler, Ann. Wett. Ges. f. d. gas. 

 Nat. iii. 1812, p. 357 : Montpellier, France. 



Calandrella braoliydactyla (Leisl.) ; S. O. IT. List, 1st ed. 1883, 



p. 72 ; SJiarpe, Oat. Birds B. M. xiii. 1890, p. 580. 

 Alauda brachydactyla Saunders, Manual, 2nd ed. 1899, p. 255. 

 Brachydactyla = short-toed, from ^paxis and SAktiiXos. 



Distribution in the British Islands. — A Rare Visitor. It has 

 been observed on about twelve occasions in England, three 

 times on Fair Isle, Shetlands, once in the Orkneys, once in the 

 Outer Hebrides, and once in Ireland ; chiefly in the autumn, 

 but three times in spring. 



General Distribution. — The Short-toed Lark breeds in 

 southern Europe from the south of France to south Russia, 

 in northern Africa from Morocco to Egypt, and in Asia 

 Minor, Palestine, Persia, and Baluchistan. It is migratory 

 in the northern portion of its range, and is found in winter 

 in the Sahara, Sudan, and India. Occasional in Heligoland, 

 in northern France, Switzerland, and Germany. Allied forms 

 have been described from other parts of Asia. 



Genus MELANOCORYPHA Boie, Isis, 1828, p. 322. 

 Type : i\I. yeltoniensis (Forst.). 



Meldnocorypha, from jueXas := black, and Kopijfri = the crown of the head. 



Melanocorypha sibirica. White-winged Lark. 



Alauda sibirica Gmelin, Syst. Nat. i. pt. 2, 1789, p. 799 : 

 River Irtysh. 



Melanocorypha sibirica (Gmel.); B. 0. IT. List, 1st ed. 1883, 



p. 73 ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xiii. 1890, p. 557. 

 Alauda sibirica Saunders, Manual, 2nd ed. 1899, p. 257. 



Sibirica = of Siberia. 



