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Order IV.— GRANIVOR^. 



Family ALAUDID^. (Bonajiarte.) 



Genus Alauda. f Linnceus.J 



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. fSioaitison.J 



Eeak as long or longer than head, slightly arched. 



BIF ASCIA TED LARK. 



Alauda bifasciata. 



Alauda hifasciata, Lichstenstein; Cat. 1823, 



p. 27. 

 " " Temmtnck; Man., 1835. 



" " schinz. schlegel. 



" " Degland. 



