SHORT-TOED LARK. 



CALANDRELLA BRA CHYDA CTYLA (Leisler). 



Alauda brachydactila, Leisler, Ann. d. Wett. Ges. f. d. ges. 



Nat. iii. p. 357 (1814). 

 Alauda brachydactyla, Naum. iv. p. 188 ; Heivitson, i. p. 181. 

 Calandrella brachydactyla, Yarr. ed. 4, i. p. 637 ; Dresser, iv. 



p. 341. 



Calandrelle, French ; Kurzzehige Lerche, Gei'raan ; Ter- 

 rera, Terreruela Calandreta, Spanish. 



The recorded occurrences of this species in our 

 country are very few, as may naturally be expected 

 in the case of a bird whose habitat lies in Southern 

 Europe and North Africa. The Short-toed Lark is 

 extremely common, and, I believe, a permanent resident 

 in the open country of Central and Southern Spain, and 

 prefers the frequent expanses of sandy moorland and 

 waste ground to the cultivated districts, although, in 

 the autumn, winter, and early spring, it may be met 

 with in flocks on the fallows, consorting with other 

 species. I have always found this Lark to be one of 

 the most confiding and fearless of birds, in fact it will 

 hardly get out of the way of a horse, and in the summer 

 will generally allow of a very close approach on foot ; 



