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GRANIVORyE. 
Family ALAUBIBJE. 
Genus Alauda. ( Limiceus.) 
Section II. — Laiiks properly so called. 
Beak rather slender, and nearlj^ straight and conical. 
DESERT lark. 
Alauda isahellma. 
Aland a lusitania, 
a (( 
“ isahellma, 
Annornanes isahellina, 
a (( 
Alouette isahelle, 
Isahellfarhige Lerclie, 
Gsielin ; Syst., vol. i, p. 79S. 
Latham; lud., vol. ii, p. 500. 
Degland. 
Temminck; Man., 4th. part, 1840, 
p. G37. 
SCHLEGEL, 1844. 
Bonaparte; Consp. Avium, p. 241. 
Tristram; Ibis, vol. i, p. 422. 
Loche; Cat., p. 83, No. 159. 
Of the French. 
Of the Germans. 
Specific Characters. — False primary, one third the length of the 
- first true one, which is shorter than the next four, and about equal 
in length with the sixth. Plumage beautiful isabelle or rich 
almond-colour. Hind claw slightly arched, and about the same 
length as the toe. Length of male specimen sent me by Mr. 
Tristram, six inches and a half; carpus to tip four inches; tail 
three inches; tarsus four fifths of an inch; toe three tenths of ah 
inch; claw three tenths of an inch; beak seven tenths of an 
inch. 
