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ALAUDID^. 



Melanocoryplia rufescens, Brehm, Yorjelf. p. 120 (185o). 

 Melanoconplia bimaculata, /3. minor, >^cvertz. Turkesf. Jevotn. p. 07 

 (1873); Dresser, Ibis, 187(3, p. 183. 



AcluJf male. Similar to M. calandra, but of a more tawny ap- 

 pearance, and with generally a distinctly indicated pale mantle. 

 It is easily separated by the colour of the tail, all the feathers 

 having a large white spot at the tip of the inner web, the outer 

 tail-feather not being entirely white, but resembling the other ones 

 excepting that it is white along the outer web. The outer tail- 

 feather of M. himacidata resembles the penultimate feather of M. 

 cahindra. " Bill horny brown or blackish horny on upper mandible, 

 the lower one greenish horny, changing to yellow at base and gape ; 

 legs and feet tleshy, or yellowish fleshy, more or less dusky at 

 joints; claws dusky; iris brown, in some light brown" (A. 0. 

 Hume). Total length 7 inches, culmcn 0-75, wing 4-85, tail 2-2, 

 tarsus 1. 



The males have the wing 4-6 to 4-9 inches, and the females vary 

 from 4-2 to 4-5 inches in length of wing. There is no difference in 

 the colour of the sexes. 



In the winter plumage the general tone of the colour is some- 

 what greyer, and the light edgings to the wing-coverts are broader, 

 but there is very little seasonal change in the species. 



Hah. From North-eastern Africa to Syria and Asia Minor, thence 

 to the Caucasus and Persia to Central Asia as far as Irkutsk and 

 Krasnoyarsk, and south to Afghanistan and North-western India. 



a. Ad. sk. 



b,c. c? $ ad. sk. 



d. S ad. sk. 



e. S ad. sk. 



/. S ad. sk. 



g. S ad. sk. 

 /*. 5 ad. sk. 

 i. 2 ad. sk. 

 k, I. d 2 ad. sk. 



?H, H, 0. Ad. sk. 



p, q- d ; »•• S 



ad. sk. 

 s. [d] ad. sk. 



f.[c?] ad.sk. 

 u, V. (5; H'. 5 ad. 



sk. 

 .v-z. J: «'• 5 ad. 



sk. 

 b'. S ad. sk. 



c'. tS ad. sk. 



Abj'ssinia. 



Anascha, Taurus, March, 

 April (C. G. Danford). 

 Auascha, April 6 ( C. G. D.) . 

 S.W. of Karman, S. Persia, 



May 22. 

 Kokand, C. Asia {Dr. 



Severtzojf). 

 Ferghana, May 22. 

 Turkestan, May 30. 

 Yarkand, Feb. {J. Scully). 

 Gulran, N. Afghanistan, 



March 9. 

 Pushut, Afghanistan {Dr. 



Griffith). 

 Kandahar, Feb., March. 



Kelat-i-Ghilzai, Oct. I-j 



{Sir 0. St. John). 

 Kelat (O. T.Duke). 

 Near Sebwan, Sind, Jan. 



( W. T. Blanford). 

 Saaibbur Lake, Dec, Jan. 



{R. M. Adam). 

 Beaur, 30 miles from 



Ajmere, Jau- 4 (A.O.H.) 

 West of Jodhpur, Feb. 1 



{A. O. H). 



Sharpe Coll. 

 Seebohra Coll. 



Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 W. T. Blanford, Esq. 



[P.]. 

 Tweeddale Coll. 



SevertzofE Coll. 

 Severtzoff Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 l)r. Aitchison [C.]. 



India Museum. 



Col, C.Swinhoe[P.]. 



Hume Coll. 



Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 



Hume Coll. 



Hume Coll. 



Hume Coll. 



