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12 mm., and the length of the bill from the gape is recorded 

 to 18 mm. while the same measurement in the specimens 

 in this collection varies from 19 to 20,5 mm. The nasal 

 bristles in the latter are light b^o^vn, but are said to be black 

 in »A. cinerea.» 



The proportion of the primaries of .>A. cinerea» is ex- 

 pressed by Ehmcke with the following words: »1 und 2 

 gleichlang; 3 um 7 mm kiirzer. >> In the specimens of this 

 collection the first developed primary is equal to the second, 

 the third is in same specimens subequal with the first and 

 second and in the others 1 or at most 2 mm shorter. The 

 length of the wing is in three specimens lllmm but in 

 n:o 186 only 108, and in n:o 185 106 mm although both the 

 latter are males. The size of the wing is thus rather similar 

 to that of »A. cinerea» but the other characteristics quoted 

 from Ehmcke's description make it impossible to refer the 

 name »cinerea» to these Sky-Larks, if really such a name 

 can be maintained for any geographic subspeeies. 



Alauda gulgula Franklin. 



Kiran 5 ^n:o 184; -''':. 1908. 



Length of wang 94 mm. Upper parts sandy, lower 

 parts whitish. Perhaps a representative of the race »incon- 

 spicua» Severzow, which name, however, has been put as 

 a synonym under the main form by Bianchi (1. c. p. 58). 



This species appears to be new to Mongoha. It is not 

 recorded by Taczanowski among the birds of Eastern 

 Siberia, and Hartert indicates the area of distribution of 

 of Alauda gulgula inconsjricua to extend över »Transkaspien 

 und Turkestan» (1. c. p. 249). 



Eremophila brandti Dresser. 



Kudara cT/nio 174) 7^ 1908. Kiran ef ^n:o 177} ^v, jgog. Bura o^ ^n:o 

 176- -*!:., ef (n:o 178; ^^/^ 1908. Tamir $ 'n:o 175) ^^^o 1908. 



All these specimens are small and should therefore 

 belong to the race which Taczanowski (1. c.p. 423)hasnamed 

 with the subspecific name: »parvexi». Blanchi denied, 

 however, 1 905^ that this name was entitled to existence and 



^r. ! ^^'^^^- I^esultate PrzewaLski Reisen Central-Asien Zool. Th. Bd. II 

 Vogel, p. 214. 



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