<. MELANOCORTPHA. 555 



The wiug in the males from the Prjewalski Collection, presented 

 by _Mr. Seebohm, measures 5-75-5-U inches, and in the female 

 5-25 inches. Unfortunately the large series from the Hume Collection 

 has scarcely any determination of the sexes. Supposed males vary 

 in length of wing from 5-7 to 6-05 inches, and supposed females 

 from 5-1 to 5'4 inches. 



Young birds have the usual mottled plumage of immature Larks 

 at first, but with a great deal of sulphur-yellow on the under surface, 

 the breast being largely spotted with black. The feathers of the 

 upper surface quickly lose their pale margins, and the head and back 

 become almost uniform black. 



Hah. Higher regions of Sikhim and the adjoining portions of 

 Thibet to Kansu and Kokonoor. 



a, b. Ad. et pull. Sikhim. Seebohm Coll. 



sk. 



c-f. Ad. .sk. Sikhim, Mav, Sept. (Z. Mandelli). Hume Coll. 



(j-s. Ad. ; t-ic. Thibet frontier, Oct. (Z. Mandelli). Hume Coll. 



Pull.sk. 



.r. Ad. sk. Thibet frontier, Sept. (H. J. Ehves). Tweeddale Coll. 



y-o'. AA.-. p'-v. Thibet, March, May to Oct. (Z. Hume ColL 



Juv. sk. Mandelli). 



w\ c? ad. sk. Zaidam, Nov. (N. Prjacalski). Seebohm Coll. 



.r'. d" ad. sk. ^an&n, Oct. (X. PrJeioalsM). Seebohm Coll. 



y'-a". (S ad.,: b". Kokonoor, Feb., 3Iarch {N. Prje- Seebohm Coll. 



$ ad. sk. tvalshi). 



c". tS ad. sk. Kokonoor, March {N. P.). St. Petersbm-g 



Museum [C.]. 



3. Melanocorypha bimaculata. 



Alauda bimaculata, Meneir. Cat. Mais. Cauc. p. 37 (1832) ; E. von 

 Homeyer, J. f. O. 1809, p. 61 ; Danf. Ibis, 1880, p. 95 ; Seebolun, 

 Hist. Brit. B. ii. p. 282 (l884j. 



Melanocoryi)ha bimaculata, Bp. Comp. List B. Eur. ^- N. Amer. p. 37 

 (1838): Graij, Gen. B. ii. p. 381 (1844); Sharpe, Ann. ^- Maq. 

 Nat. Hist. (4) riii. p. 180 (1871) ; Dresser, B. Eur. iv. p. 361, 

 pi. 238. figs. 2, 3 (1871): Serertz. Turkest. Jevotn. pp. (37, 143 

 (1873) ; Blanf. East. Persia, ii. p. 244 (1876) ; Bresser, Ibis, 1876, 

 p. 183 : Danf. His, 1878, p. 21 : Boi/d. B. Cauc. p. 76 (1879) ; 

 Hume, Sfr. F. 1879, p. 109: Biddulph, Ibis, 1881, p. 89; Scully, 

 t. c. p. 580; a Swi)th. His, 1882, p. 115 ; Seeb. His, 1883, p. 12 ; 

 Tristr. Faun. ^- Flor. Palest, p. 81 (1884); Badde, Orn. Caw. 

 p. 201 (1884) ; St. John, Ibis, 1889, p. 173. 



Melanoeorypha calandra (nee L.), Rilpp. Syst. Uebers. p. 78 (1845, 

 pt.). 



Melanoeorypha torquata, Blyth, J. A. S. Beny. xvi. p. 476 (1847); 

 id. Ibis, 1867, pp. 46, 47 ; Beamn, Ibis, 1868, p. 180 ; Hume, 

 Ibis, 1868, p. 239 ; Blyth, t. c. p. 355 ; Gray, Iland-l. B. ii. p. 120, 

 no. 7782 (1870) ; Hume .$■ Senders. Lahore to Yarh. b. 265, pi. 27 

 (1873) ; Adarn, Str. F. 1873, p. 389 ; Scully, Sfr. F. 1876, p. 173. 

 Melanoeorypha alboterminata. Cab. Mus. Hein. Th. i. p. 124 (1856); 

 Heuyl. J. f. O. 1868, p. 221 ; id. Orn. K O.-Afr. i. pi. 2, p. 675 

 (1870) : Gray, Hand-l. B. ii. p. 120, no. 7784 (1870). 

 Alauda calandra {)iec L.), Midd. Reis. Sibir., Zool. p. 132 (1851). 



