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GRANIVOR^. 
Family ALA U DID AIL 
Genus Alauda. flinncBus.) 
Section III. — Larks with thick rears. 
BLACK LARK. 
Alauda tartarica. 
Alauda tartarica, 
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“ mutahilis, 
“ nigra, 
MelanocorypJia tartarica, 
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Calandra nigra, 
Alouette negre, 
Steppenlercher, 
Pallas; Voy, 1776. 
Gmelin; Syst., 1788. 
Latham; Ind., 1790. 
Temminck; Man., 1820. 
ViEiLLOT. Cuvier. Lesson. 
ScniNZ. SCIILEGEL. 
Degland. 
Gmelin ; Syst., 1788. 
Falk; p. 796. 
Ch. Bonaparte; List, 1838. 
Keyserling and Blasids, 
1840. 
Dubois; Ois. de la Belg. 
Liv. 73, p. 102 a. 
Op the French. 
Of the Germans. 
Specific Characters. — No false primary; the three first true ones 
nearly equal; the fourth eight tenths, and the fifth seven tenths, 
of an inch shorter than the third; claw one fifth longer than toe. 
