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BIRDS. 
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Family 37. — ALAUDIDAL (15 Genera, 110 Species.) 
General Distribution. 
N EOTROPICAL 
Sub-regions. 
Nearctic 
Sub-regions. 
PALASARCTIC 
Sub-regions. 
Ethiopian 
Sub-regions. 
Oriental 
Sub-regions. 
Australian 
Sub-regions. 
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The Alaudidse, or Larks, may be considered as exclusively 
belonging to the great Eastern continent, since the Nearctic, 
Neotropical, and Australian regions have each only a single 
species. They abound most in the open plains and deserts of 
Africa and Asia, and are especially numerous in' South Africa. 
The genera, including those recently established by Mr. Sharpe, 
are as follows : — 
Otocorys (8 sp.) ; the Palsearctic region, North America and 
south to the Andes of Columbia, North India; ( 1928 1929 ) Alauda (17 
sp.), Palsearctic region, all Africa, the Peninsula of India, and 
Ceylon ; ( 1931 ) Galerita (10 sp.), Central Europe to Senegal and 
Abyssinia, Persia, India and North China ; ( 1932 ) Calendula (2 
sp.), Abyssinia and South Africa ; ( 1933 1934 ) Calandrella (6 sp.), 
Europe, North Africa, India, Burmah, North China, and Mon- 
golia ; ( 1935 “ 1937 ) Melanocorypha (7 sp.), South Europe to Tartary, 
Abyssinia, and North-west India; Pallasia ( sp - P 81 ), East Asia; 
( 1938 ) Certhilauda (4 sp.), South Europe, South Africa ; Reterocorys 
( 8p - 7792 ) South Africa; ( 1939 ) Alcemon (3 sp.), South-east Europe 
to "Western India, and South Africa ; ( 194 °) Mirafra (25 sp.), the 
Oriental and Ethiopian regions to Australia ; ( 1941 ) Ammomanes 
(10 sp.), South Europe to Palestine and Central India, and to 
Cape Yerd Islands and South Africa ; ( 1942 1943 ) Megalophonus (6 
sp.), Tropical and South Africa; Tephrocorys (1 sp.), South 
Africa ; Pyrrhulauda (9 sp.), all Africa, Canary Islands, India 
and Ceylon. 
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