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GEANIVOR^. 

 Family ALAUDIDJE. 



Genus Alaijda. (Linnmus.) 



Section III. — Larks with thick beaks. 



BLACK LAEK. 



Alauda Tartarica. 



Alauda Tartarica, 



" mutahilis, 

 " nigra, 

 Melanocorypha Tartarica, 



Calandra nigra, 



Alouette negre, 

 Steppen lercher. 



Pallas; Voy, (1776.) 

 Gmelin; Syst., (1788.) 

 Latham; Ind., (1790.) 

 TEMMiifCK; Man., (1820.) 



ViEILLOT. CUVIER. LessON. 



schinz. schlegel. 



Degland. 



Gmelin; Syst., (1788.) 



Falk; p. 796. 



Ch. Bonapaete; List, (1838.) 



Keysebling and Blasius; 



(1840.) 

 Dubois; Ois. de la Belg. 



Liv. 73, p. 102 a. 

 Of the Feench. 

 Oe the Germans. 



Specific Characters. — J^o 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. 



