536 ALAUDID^. 



o^$ad. sk. N.W. Monfjolia, Nov. 2. Dr. Severtzoff[C.]. 



p^, y^ d" ad. sk. N. Thibet, 'Jan., Nov. {Prjewal- Seebohin Coll. 



ski). 



?-3. c? ad. sk. R. Dy-tschn, June {Prjeioakhi). Seebobm Coll. 



s^ f". S ad. sk. Gobi Desert, Nov. [PrjewaUki). Seebohm Coll. 



u^-v^. S ad. sk. Zaidaiu, Auw., Dec. (Prjewalski). Seebohin Coll. 



x^. (S ad. sk. Njan-shan, Jiiue {Prjewalski). Seebohm Coll. 



y^. S ad. sk. Kaiisu, Aug. [Prjewalski), Seebohm Coll. 



2', a*. S ad. sk. Kukunoor, Feb., April [Prjewal- Seebohm Coll. 



ski). 



b\ Ad. sk. Tientsin {Fleming). Seebohm Coll. 



Subsp. a. Otocorys longirostris. 



Otocorys longirostris, Moore, P. Z. S. 1855, p. 215, pi. 3 (e.v Govld, 

 MSS'.) ; Horsf. Sr Moore, Cat. B. Mas. E. I. Co. ii. p. 470 (1856) ; 

 Jerdon, B. Ind. ii. p. 4.31 (18(53) ; Blijth, Ibis, 1867, p. 47 ; Gratj, 

 Hand-l. B. ii. p. 117, no. 7737 (1870) ; Hume, S. F. 1873, p. 259, 

 1879, p. 109 ; Scully, Ibis, 1881 , pp. 50, 581 ; Bidd. Ibis, 1882, p. 285 ; 

 Dresser, Ibis, 1884, p. 116 ; Seebohm, t. c. p. 184. 



Alauda longirostris, Seebohm, Br. B. ii. pp. 285, 286, notes (1884). 



Adult male. Similar to 0. eliuesi, but much larger and with a very 

 much longer bill. The general colour is also more ashy in winter, 

 with much less vinous colour about the plumage. 



The males have the culmen from 0-55-0'7 inch and the wing 

 5-5'2. One male from Kulu approaches 0. elwesi and has the wing 

 only 4'8, but this dimension, though less than that of the other males, 

 exceeds the wing-measurement of the longest-winged male of 0. elwesi. 



The only female examined has the wing 4-8 inches and the 

 culmen 0"65, exceeding in length any of the males of 0. elwesi. 



Hah. Ladakh and Caslimere, extending into the valley of the 

 Sutlej and as far as Kumaon. 



a. S ad. sk. Hills north of Kumaon. Tweeddale Coll. 



b. (S ad. sk. Sutlej Valley (Major Tweedie). Gould Coll. 



c. 2 ad. sk. Sutlej Valley, June. Hume Coll. 



d. S ad. sk. Sutlej Valley {Dr. Jerdori). Tweeddale CoU. 

 e,f,g. S; h,i, \\\A\x {Major Kay). Gould ColL 



k. 5 ad. sk. (Types of O. longirostris). 



I. J ad. sk. Cashmere. Hume Coll. 



m. $ ad. sk. Burzil Pass, May 20. Col. Biddulph [C.l. 



n. (S ad. sk. Baltistan, May 26. Col. Biddulph [C.J. 



o. (S ad. sk. Ladakh. Purchased. 



p. J ad. sk. Pangong Lake, Ladakh, Sept. 21 Seebohm Coll. 



(J. Biddidjjh). 



q. (S hiem. sk. Tanksee, Oct. 9 {G. Henderson). Hume Coll. 



r. S ad. sk. Ladakh {Dr. Bellew). India Museum. 



s. <S ad. sk. Thibet. Earl of GiflFord [P.]. 



Subsp. /3. Otocorys brandti. 

 Otocorys albigula, auct. {nee Bp. Consp. I. e. *). 



* The type of 0. alhigida, Bp., is in the Leiden Museum ; Dr. Biittikofer 

 has kindly examined it for me and says that it is undoubtedly 0. penicillata. 



