72 ALAUDID^. 



A rare straggler, chiefly late in autumrij to the south coast 

 of England ; it is also said to have occurred near Dublin. It 

 is found in most parts of Continental Europe and Asia. 



Genus CALANDRELLA, Kaup, Natiirl. Syst. p. 39 (1839). 



Calandrella, diminutiye of KoKavSpa, for which see the next species. 



Calandrella brachydactyla. Short-toed Lark. 



Alauda brachydactila, Leisler, Ann. d. Wett. 

 Ges. f. d. ges. Nat. iii. p. 357 (1814). 



Alauda brachydactyla, Naum. iv. p. 188 ; Hewitson, p. 181 ; 



Gray, p. 107 ; Yarr. ed. 2, i. p. 463 ; id. ed. 3, i. p. 488 ; 



Harting, p. 110. 

 Calandrella brachydactyla, Newton, i. p. 637 ; Gould, iii. 



pi. 21 ; Dresser, iv. p. 341. 

 Short-toed Lark, Yarr. ed. 1, i. p. 420*- 



Brachydacfyla = short-toed, from Ppaxvs + SaKTvXos. 



A rare autumn straggler to the south coast of England ; 

 has also occurred once near Shrewsbury. It inhabits the 

 south of Europe and North Africa, ranging into Persia and 

 India. 



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



Meldnocchypha, from fieXas = black, and Kopvipi] = the crown of the head. 



[Melanocorypha calandra. Calanbsa Lark. 

 Alauda Calandra, Linnaus, S. N. i. p. 288 (1766). 

 Alauda calandra, Naum. iv. p. 127 ; Harting, p. 111. 

 Melanocorypba calandra. Gray, p. 108; iVew^ow, i. p. 646; 

 Dresser, iv. p. 365. 



Calandra = KoXavSpa, a kind of Lark'in Oppian, Ix. iii. 15. Etymology 

 unknown. 



One is recorded as having been killed near Devonport 

 (Zool. 1863, p. 8768), and another near Exeter (Zool. 1869, 

 p. 1599) ; but in both cases there is a possibility of mistake. 

 A southern species, occasionally straggling into Central 

 Europe.] 



