. A history of the birds of Europe, not observed in the British Isles . ed by Temminck et Lang. pi. col. , pi. 168; Cretschm, voy. de Riippell, pi. 5. 2 c ]S4 GRANTVOR^E. Famihj ALA UDIDJE. Genus Alaida. { DUPONTS LAEK. Alaiida dvpontii. Alauda duponiii, ferrugh^ea,Cerildlauda clvponti. Alouetle Duponl,Duponts Lerche, ViEiLLOT; Faun. Fr., p. 173; ; Man., Schinz. SCHLEGEL. DeGLAND. MuHLE (?) Orn, Griecli, p. ; Consp. Av , p. ; Ibis, vol. i, p. ; Cat., p. the the Germans. Specific Characters.—Beak as l
. A history of the birds of Europe, not observed in the British Isles . ed by Temminck et Lang. pi. col. , pi. 168; Cretschm, voy. de Riippell, pi. 5. 2 c ]S4 GRANTVOR^E. Famihj ALA UDIDJE. Genus Alaida. { DUPONTS LAEK. Alaiida dvpontii. Alauda duponiii, ferrugh^ea,Cerildlauda clvponti. Alouetle Duponl,Duponts Lerche, ViEiLLOT; Faun. Fr., p. 173; ; Man., Schinz. SCHLEGEL. DeGLAND. MuHLE (?) Orn, Griecli, p. ; Consp. Av , p. ; Ibis, vol. i, p. ; Cat., p. the the Germans. Specific Characters.—Beak as lona; as tlie head, and distinctlycurved. Two outer tail feathers white, with a dusky band on theinner web; the second brown black, with the outer web claw shorter than the toe, and distinctly curved. Length of male sent me by Mr. Tristram, which is figured, sixinches and three quarters; from carpus to tip four inches; tailtwo inches and a half; beak seven eighths of an inch; tarsus oneinch; hinder claw three eighths of an inch; hinder toe lialf ]Wfonts lark. 185 This bird has been considered by man)- ornithologistsas a variety of the SkyLark, and Keyserling and Ela-sius have even described it as a monstrosity. Homeycr,in Cabanis, Journal, Ilcft. 3, 1859, p. S04, speaks of itdoubtfully as a species, and gives in the same articlesome excellent advice about the too prevalent habit ofspecies making. In Naumannia, part S, 1858, Pro-fessor Blasius, however, after giving the various opinionswhich have been held about this species by authors,states that he has at length received a specimen fromAlgeria, w^hich he admits is that described by Temminck,and must be considered as distinct. With the birds before me, I cannot help expressingsurprise that A dujioniii should ever have been con-founded either with the bird last described, or with theSkylark. It is perfectly distinct from each, as thespecific characters above will shew, and I have muchpleasure in being able
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