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GRANIVOEJ^. 



FamUij ALA UDIBJE. 



Genus Alauda. f LinncBUS.J 



Section III. — Larks with thick heak? 



BLACK LARK. 



Alauda tartarica. 



Alauda tartarica. 



inutahills, 

 nigra, 

 MelanocorypJia tartarica. 



Calandra nigra, 



Alouette negre, 

 Steppenlercher, 



Pallas; Voy, 1776. 

 Gmelin; Syst., 1788. 

 Latham; Ind., 1790. 

 Tbmminck; Man., 1820, 



ViEILLOT. CUVIER. LeSSOiV. 

 ScniNZ. SCHLEGEL. 



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. 

 Of the French. 

 Of the Germans. 



Specijic 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. 



