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ORNITHOLOGICAL EXPLORATIONS. 



Tables of dimensions. 

 A.— ALATJDA JAPONICA. 



91464 

 •91550 

 91551 

 91465 

 91466 

 91467 



Jony . 

 ...do 

 ...do 

 ..do 

 ...do 

 . . .do 



911 

 999 

 1000 

 912 

 913 

 914 



Locality. 



Yokohama 



Tubuts, Yezo . . 

 Sapporo, Tezo . 



Yokohama 



do 



do' 



Jan. 3, 1883 

 Sept. 15, 1882 

 June 23, 1882 

 Jan. 3, 1883 

 Jan. 3, 1883 

 Jan. 3, 1883 



cT ad. 

 cf ad. 



mm. 



106 

 99 



104 

 92 

 98 

 93 



measnrements of three males 103 



Average measurements of three females 94 



mm. 

 63 

 64 

 66 

 58 

 65 

 58 



B.— ALAUDA INTEKMEDIA. 



C.-ALAUDA CCELIVOX. 



37788 

 86112 



Swinhoo 



Jony & Dale.. 



175 



Formosa... 

 Hong-Kong 



Mar. — , 1862 

 Oct. 9, 1881 



d ad. 



D.— ALAUDA ARVENSIS. 



18719 

 23419 



Lazar. 



37766 I Tristram 



Europe 



Hungary, Europe . 

 Sidon, Syria 



, 1860 



Dec. 1, 1863 



E. -ALAUDA CANTARELLA?. 



37807 



Tristram 723 Beersheba, Palestine Feb. 4,1864 



107 



The skylark is one of the first spring arrivals among the migrating 

 birds of Kamtschatka, often making its appearance long before the 

 snow has melted away from the ground. In 1883 the first specimen 

 on Bering Island was shot on the 19th of April, while sitting on the 

 beach picking up small crustaceans, and when in the middle of May I ar- 

 rived at Petropaulski the larks were plentiful on the few bare spots from 

 whence the males rose on quivering wing, singing their "wild, joyous 



