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Order IV. — GRANIVOR^. 
Family ALAUDID^. ( Fonaj^arte.) 
Genus Alauda. ( Limiceus.) 
Generic Characters . — Beak sub-conic, mandibles of equal 
length, the upper one convex, and more or less curved or 
straight. Nostrils basal ovoid, covered by small feathers directly 
forwards. Feet. — Three toes in front, one behind, the middle 
joined at its base, with exterior claw of hinder toe straight, 
or nearly so, and generally longer than the toe. Wings. — First 
quill obsolete, or nearly so, the second shorter than the third, 
which is the longest; two of the secondaries as long as the 
primaries. Feathers of the head more or less elongated, and 
capable of erection. 
Section I. — Larks with arched beaks. 
Genus Certhilauda. f Sioamson. J 
Beak as long or longer than head, slightly arched. 
BIFASCIA TED LARK. 
Alauda hifasciata. 
Alauda hifasciata, Lichstenstein; Cat. 1823, 
p. 27. 
“ “ Temmtnck; Man., 1835. 
“ “ SCHINZ. SCHLEGEL. 
“ “ Degland. 
