554 



ALATJDID^. 



s. c? ad. sk. 



t, u. S 'id. sk. 



i), jy. [ d ? ] ad. sk. 



X. [ cJ ] ad. sk. 



?/. 2 ad. .sk. 



z. cT ad. sk. 



a. S ad. sk. 



//. [cJ]ad. sk. 



c'. Ad. sk. 

 (?'. S ad. sk. 

 e'. 5 ad. sk. 

 /'. c? ad. sk. 



(/', h'. S ad. sk. 



)■'. J ad. sk. 



k', I'. J; »«'. 5 ad. 



sk. 

 «'. [ 2 ] ad. sk. 



o', p'. 2 ad. sk. 

 q , )•', s'. Skeletons. 



Domalitea, Anatolia, Feb. 



(C. G. Dan ford). 

 Limasol, Cyprus, May 7. 



Alexandria {S. S. Allen). 



Palestine (H. B. Tristram). 



Rudeir, Wilderness of Juda>a, 



Feb. 1 (H. B. T). 

 Plain of Sharon. 



JNIeroni. 



Erzerouiu. 



Persia. 

 Sliiraz, May. 

 Bnsliire, Feb. 

 Busbire, Jan. 27. 



Petro-Alexandrovsk, Dec, 



Jan. 

 Ala Kul, Turkestan, March 



19 {Dr. 0. Finsch). 

 Ferghana, April, May. 



Sang-bar, N. Afghani.^tan, 



Nov. 8. 

 Bala Morghab, Jan. 17. 



Seebohm Coll. 



[Wing 4-8.] 

 Lord Liltord [P.]. 



[Wing 5-0.] 

 Hume Coll. [Wings 



4-3-5 -15.] 

 SheUey Coll. 



[Wing 5-1.] 

 Tweeddale Coll. 



[Wing 4-9.] 



Canon Tristram [C.l 



[Wing 4-95. J 



Canon Tristram [C.]. 



[Wing 5-25.] 



Zoological Society. 



[Wing 5-4o.] 

 Purchased. 

 Sir 0. St. John [CI. 

 Sir 0. St. John [C.]. 

 A. J. Y. Palmer, Esq. 



[P.]. _ 

 Severtzoti Coll. 



[Wings 5-1-5-2.5.] 

 Geogr. Soc. Bremen. 



Severtzoff Coll. [cJ 

 5-15-5-30, 2 4-65.] 

 Dr. Aitchisou [C.]. 



Dr. Aitchison [C.]. 

 Purchased. 



2. Melanocorypha maxima. 



Melanocorypha maxima, Gould, B. As/'ci, iv. pi. 72 (1867) ; Bli/tJi, 

 Ihis, 18(57, p. 40, note ; Gra)/, Hand-l. B. ii. p. 120, no. 7785 (1870) ; 

 Hume. Sir. F. i. p. 492 (1873) ; Prjew. in Bowleifs Orn. Misc. ii. 

 p. 317 (1877) ; Hume, Str. F. 1879," p. 109 ; Scl. Ibis, 1884, p. 242. 



Alanda maxima, Sethohm, Hist. Br. B. ii. p. 282 (1884). 



Aihdt male in winter plumage. Similar to M. mlandra, but very 

 much larger, with a longer and thinner bill, the back, rump, and 

 upper tail-coverts much more tawny rufous, the hind neck and sides 

 of the neck decidedly more ashy, the black mark on the sides of the 

 neck much reduced in size, and the fore neck and chest ashy grey 

 with only a few triangular spots on the lower throat, these being 

 nearly obsolete. Total length 9 inches, ciilmen 1, wing 5-1), tail 

 3"15, tarsus 1-15. 



Adult female. Similar to the male, but smaller and with a smaller 

 bill. Total length 8 inches, culm en 0-95, wing 'y2b, tail 2-7, 

 tarsus 1"1. 



In the breeding-season the plumage becomes extremely dark, 

 owing to the abrasion of the liglit edges to the feathers, and the 

 upper surface is almost uniform blackish brown. 



