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Title: A history of the birds of Europe, not observed in the British Isles
Year: 1859 (1850s)
Authors: Bree, Charles Robert, 1811-1886 Fawcett, Benjamin, 1808-1893, engraver
Subjects: Pictorial works Birds
Publisher: London : Groombridge and Sons ...
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y Temminck et Laug, pi. col. 393;Gould, pi. 168; Cretschm, voy. de Rilppel, pi. 5. 2c 184 GRANIVORJ^.. Fmnily ALAUBID^. Genus Alauda. (Linnceus.) DUPONTS LARK. Alauda Dii.pontii. Alauda DuponfM,. ferruginea,Certhilaucla Duponti, Alouette Dapont,DiifonVs Lercke, ViEJLLOT; Faim. Fr., p. 173, (1828.)Temminck; Man. (1835.)Lesson. Schinz. SCHLEGEL. DeGLAND. Mtjiile (?) Orn. Griecli, p. 35.Bonaparte; Consp. Av., p. 246.Tristram; Ibis, vol. i., p. 427.LocnE; Cat., p. 85.Of the Frenc:h.Oe the Germans. Specific Characters.—Beak as long as the lieacl, and distinctlycurved. Two outer tail feathers white, with a dusky band on theinner web; the second brown black, with the outer web white.Hinder 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 half aninch.
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(A< EH A o CL, dupoAts lark. 185 This bird has been considered by many ornitliologistsas a variety of tlie Skylark, and Keyserling and Ela-sius bave even described it as a monstrosity. Homeyer,in Cabanis, Journal, Heft. 3, 1859, p. 204, speaks of itdonbtfuily as a species, and gives in the same articlesome excellent advice about the too prevalent habit ofspecies-making. In Naumannia, part 3, 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, which he admits is that described by Temminck,and must be considered as distinct. With the birds before me, I cannot help expressingsurprise that A. Dupontii 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 to add something to its naturalhistory, not only by gi

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