586 AtAUDIDJE. 



Calandrella brachj^dactyla, Scully, Sir. F. iv. p. 172 (1870, nee 

 Leisl.) ; Wardlcno-Ramsay, Ibis, 1880, p. 67. 



Adult 7nale. Similar to C. hrachydactyla, but as a rule greyer, 

 especially on the chest. It is distinguished from that species by 

 the markings on the tail, the outer feather being bufly white along 

 the outer web with frequently a sooty-brown marking near the 

 end, the inner web being nearly entirely black, with a slight white 

 pattern near the shaft : " bill dusky on culmen ; yellowish horny 

 at the sides and below ; legs and feet brownish fleshy ; claws 

 dusky brown : iris brown " [J. Scully). Total length 5'5 inches, 

 culmen 0-45, wing 3-75, tail 2'3, tarsus 0-8, 



In this race the length of wing varies from 3"55 to 3-7 inches, 

 aud in the female it is 3'4 inches. 



Hdh. Piom Turkestan aud Kashgar to Afghanistan and Khelat, 

 extending to Cashmere and sparingly into the plains of India. 



a. Ad.sk. li.^&hga.v {W. Belleto). India Museum. 



b. (S art. sk. Balakcbi, Yarkand, Aug. 5 Hume Coll. (Type 



{Dr. G. Henderson). of species.) 



c,d,e. Ad.sk. Balakchi, Aug. 2-3 {Dr. J. Hume Coll. 



Scully). 



f. S ad.sk. Karakurgan, Ferghana, June 1. iSeverteoff Coll. 



//, h. Ad. sk. Afghanistan {Griffith). India Museum. 



i. Ad. sk. Bvan Khej'l, Afghanistan, May Tweeddale Coll. 



4(i2. G. W.R.). 



k. 5ad.sk. Quetta, July 13 (0. r. D«<A;e). Hume Coll. 



/, m. J 2 ad. Near Zohrab, Khelat, May 29 Hume Coll. 



(0. T. Duke), 



n. Ad. sk. Boonji, N. Cashmere, May 27. Col. Biddulph [C.]. 



0. d ad. sk. Ueosai Plain, July, 12,000 feet. Col. Biddulph [C.]. 



p. Ad. sk. Gurgaon District, March {A. Hume Coll. 



O. I!.), 



q. Ad. sk. Etawah, Nov. 5 {A. 0. H.). Hume Coll. 



r, s, t. S ad; Mogul Serai, Nov., Feb. ( W. E. Hume Coll. 

 sk. Brooks). 



12. ALAUDULA*. 



Type. 

 Alaudula, Horsf. ^ Moore, Cat. B. 3Ius. E. I. Co. ii. p. 471 



(1856, ex Blyth, MS.) A. raytal. 



* Alaudula kukunoorensis. 



Alaudula kukunoorensis, Prjev. in Bowley's Orn. Misc. ii. p. 316 (1876). 

 Calandrella kukunoorensis, Boyd. J. f. 0. 1877, f). 93, note; Giyl. Avif. 

 Ital. p. 61 (1886). 



Described as similar to A. chceJccnsis, but much larger, of a paler isabelline 

 colour, and with the dusky streaks and spots less distinct ; the inner web of 

 the penultimate feathers white, with a dusky edge ; the outer web of the third 

 tail-feather quite white. 



Hah. Kukunor, Zaidam, and Kansu. 



The late Prof. EogdanofF, who examined the type in 1877, says that it is a 

 rufous- coloured example of the true C. ■pispohtta. The amount of white on 

 the tail seems to be peculiar. 



