584 A.LKVD1DM. 



s\ d ad. sk. Oudh (A. Anderson). Seebohni Coll. 



t\ u\ 2 ad. sk. Mhow, Jan. Colonel Swinhoe 



[P.]. 



Subsp. a. Calandrella diikhimensis. 



Emberiza bagheira, Frankl. P. Z. S. 1831, p. 119 (nomen nudum). 

 Alauda dukliunensis, St/kes, P. Z. S. 1832, p. 93. 

 ? Emberiza olivacea, Tickell, J. A. S. Beng. ii. p. 578 (18-33). 

 Coryplia ba"-liera, Hody>f. Icon. ined. in Brit. Mus., Passeres, pi. 29G. 



figs. 1, 2 (nos. 434, 815) ; Blyth, J. A. S. Beng. xi. p. 200 (1842) ; 



Hodgs. in Gray's Zool. Misc. p. 84 (1844). 

 Corophidea baglieira, Blyth, J. A. S. Beng. xiii. p. 961 (1844). 

 Calandrella bracludactyla {nee Leisl), Blyth, J. A. S. Beng. xiv. 



Fa. ^- 



Seully, Str. F. viii. p. 337 (1879) ; Butler, Cat. B. S. Bomb. Pres. 



p 64 (1880) ; Davids. Str. F. x. p. 314 (1882) ; Swinh. Sf Barnes, 



ms, 1885, p. 130. 

 Alauda bracln-dactvla {?iec Leisl), Gray, Cat. Mamm. etc. Nepal pres. 



Hodgs. p. 109 (1846). 

 Corvpbidea calandrella {nee Savi), Hursf. Sf Moore, Cat. B. Mus. E. I. 



Co. ii. p. 473 (18.56). 



C. dukhunensis seems to be a large resident rac-e of Short-toed 

 Larks, almost confined to India. It is always much more rufous 

 tban C. hraelujdactyla, aud in the autumn plumage this rufous 

 colour is particularly emphasized on the breast aud flanks. The 

 throat and fore neck are always more fulvescent than in C. hrachy- 

 dactyla, and the upper plumage is always more coarsely mottled 

 with black. " Bill dark horny brown above, pale fleshy below ; feet 

 and leo-8 brownish flesh-colour, dusky at the joints ; iris brown " 

 (E. A. Butler). Total length 6 inches, culmen 0-55, wing 3-85, 

 tail 2-25, tarsus 0-75. 



Adidt female. Similar to the male, but a little smaller. Total 

 length 6-4 inches, culmen 0-55, wing 3-65, tail 2-2, tarsus 0-8. 



The wing in the males varies from 3-7 to 4-05 inches, and in the 

 females from 3-4 to 3-6.5. 



Hab. Indian Peninsula, west to Sind and eastwards into the 

 Burmese countries. 



a cJ ad. sk. Karachi, Oct. (F. Day). Hume Coll. 



I c d. Ad. sk. Etawah, Aug., Nov. (A. O. H.). Hume Coll. 



e Ad. sk. Behar. Hodgson Coll. 



/-;. A-d. sk. Nepal. Hodgson Coll. 



m'n 0. Ad. sk. Nepal (B. H. Hodgson). India Museum. 



w-r.' dad. ; s. Nepal Valley, Oct. (J. Scully). Hume Coll. 

 9 ad. sk. 



t. Ad. sk. Darjiling. Tweeddale Coll. 



M V w. Ad. sk. Thibet, Aug. {L. Mandelli). Hume Coll. 



X. d ad. sk. Mhow, March. Col. Swinhoe [C.]. 



y z. S ad. sk. Khandeish, Oct. (/. Davidson). Hume Coll. 



a'. Ad. sk. Deccan {Sykes). India Museum. 



(Type of A. dukhunensis.) 



