PASSERES — AT.ArniDT: 43 



white tipped. IVill d.irk aliovc, yellowish below. Lej,^s and feet 

 li-ht brown. Win-- ,•■ 120-135, 9 1 10-132 (W.). Tarsus 24-30. 

 iJill 12-15. 



lirceds. — S. Europe from Spain, S. France, Corsica, Sardinia, 

 C. and S. Italy to Balkans, Rumania, S. Russia and Caucasus ; 

 also N, and C. Tunisia, N. Ali^eria, Morocco, and Asia Minor to 

 Palestine. Largely resident. Rare elsewhere in Europe and in 

 Egypt. 



Melanocorypha bimaculata (Menetries). 



Like ''calandra," but no white tips to secondaries, outer 

 rectrices dark brown, black patches on neck more confluent. 



West Asiatic species ; occurs in Caucasus, and in winter in 

 N.E. Africa. 



Melanocorypha sibirica (Cimelin). White-winged 

 Lark. 



f^ No black neck patches. AIjovc grey brown, with dark 

 central streaks ; crown, ear coverts, and wing coverts reddish 

 chestnut ; inner primaries and apical half of secondaries white 

 (conspicuous in flight) ; white stripe behind eye ; undcrparts 

 white faintly spotted, flanks streaked brown. Pill brown, pale 

 below at base. Legs and feet yellowish brown. Wing (^ 1 15-125, 

 9 106-112 (W.). Tarsus 22-24. Pi^ 12-14. 9 Crown brown 

 with dark streaks like back. 



A W. Asiatic species, ranging into Russia, north to Orenburg, 

 Samara, Saratov and west to Voronetz. In winter, occurs in 

 Rumania and Turkey. Rare in C. and W. Europe. 



Melanocorypha yeltoniensis (Forster). P>lack: Lark. 



(^ Black, with whitish sandy margins above at all seasons, 

 broader in winter, and then also on underparts and flanks. P>ill 

 brownish grey, yellow at base. Legs and feet grey-black. Wing 

 127-139 (W.). Tarsus 25. Pill 13-14. 9 like " calandra,'"' but 

 lacks the neck patches ; axillaries and under wing coverts sooty 

 brown. Wing 1 14-122 (W.). Young the same but with black 

 blotches on underparts. 



Jirecds. — S. Russia, Kirghiz Steppes up to Volga, and in 

 W. Siberia. Occurs in winter in Caucasus. Rare W. and C. 

 Europe. 



