590 AL\UDIDiE. 



yellowish, brown at the tip ; feet rufous ; iris brown " (A. David). 

 Total length 5-5 inches, culmen 0-45, wing 3-4, tail 2-3, tarsus Owo. 

 Hub. Eastern Siberia to Northern China. 



a, b. 6 "d- sli. Talienwan, China, June {R. Seebolnu Coll. (Types 

 Sivinhoe). of species.) 



c. 2 ad. .sk. Talienwan, June 26 {R. Hume Coll. 



Swmhoe). 



d. $ ad. ; e. Chefoo, May (-R. Sxcinhoe). Seeholim Coll. 

 Juv. sk. 



Subsp. I. Alaudula persica. 



Calaudivlla pis])oletta (nee Pall.), Hume, Ibis, 1870, p. 331 ; id. Sir. 



F. 1874, p. 4-58 ; Blanf. East. Persia, ii. p. 242 (1870). 

 Alaudula pispoletta {n'ec Pall.), Hume, Sir. F. 1877, p. 528, 1879, 



p. 109. 



Adult. Similar to A. cTieeleensis, but larger and much more dis- 

 tinctly streaked on the chest, and further distinguished by the black 

 of the" inner web of the outer tail-feather extending nearly to the 

 end of the inner web in the form of a broad band. Total length 

 5-7 inches, culmen 0-5, wing 4, tail 2-35, tarsus 0-8. 



Hab. From Persia to Afghanistan and N.W. India. 



fj A ad sk. Near Niriz, east of Shiraz, Persia, W. T. Blanford, Esq. 



■ ' May. [C.]. 



b, c. Ad. sk. Afghanistan (Griffith). India Museum. 



d-h. Ad. sk. Sirza district, Punjab, Dec, Jan. Hume Coll. 



Subsp. €. Alaudula seebohmi. 



Alauda pispoletta (nee Pall.), Scull;/, Sir. F. 1876, p. 173. 

 ? Alaudula pispoletta (nee Pall.), Bidd. Ibis, 1881, p. 89. 



Adult. Of a sandy -buff colour, resembling.^, minor, A.cheeleeiisis, 

 and A. jiersim, but much paler than any of them and with the outer 

 tail-feather almost entirely white, excepting an oblique mark of 

 dusky blackish towards the base of the inner web. Total length 

 6-2 inches, culmen 0-45, wing 3-95, tail 2-8, tarsus 0-7. 



Hab. Central Asia from Yarkand and Kashgar to Mongolia. 



rt.Jad.sk. Mongolia, April (i);-.<S'ece?'/2o/f). Seebohm Coll. 



b Ad. sk. Aksu. Rev. Dr. Lansdell 



[C.]. 



c. Ad. sk. Kashgar (Dr. Belleio). India Museum. 



d. S ad. f-k. Kashgar, Oct. 30 (Dr. Sculhj). Hume Coll. 

 e 9 ad sk fciugbuchak, Yarkand, June 10 Hume Coll. 



(Dr. Scully). 

 f, g- 6 ad. et Bisharik, Aug. (Dr. Sadly). Hume Coll. 



juv. sk. 

 A. d juv. sk. Karakash Kiver, Jan. 31 (Dr. Hume Coll. 



G. Henderson). 



