434 BIRDS OF INDIA. 



It is most likely the A. leiopns oH Hodgson, apiid Blyth, dim 

 J. A. S., where it is said to be distinguished from A. gulgula by its 

 superior size, smaller bill, and longer tail ; and from arvensis 

 by the shape of its wing. That name however is now given as a 

 synonym of gulgula. It is probably also the trihorhyncha of 

 Gray's Catalogue of the Birds of Nepal, rather than his dulcivoxy 

 of which no specimens Avere sent to tlie British Museum, nor 

 to the JMuseum of the India House. TJie name triborhyncha 

 should be adopted for this species, under which name it appears 

 to have been sent to the European Museums, and it probably 

 inhabits the higher regions of the Himalayas throughout. 



A. didcivox, Hodgson, apud Gray, may, I think with Horsfield, 

 be considered as A. arvensis of Europe and Asia, which we know 

 to be common in Affghanistan, and in the country bordering the 

 Himalaj^as, and wliieh Hodgson probably saw onh'- as a cage-bird, 

 not having sent any specimens to England. 



767. Alauda gulgula, Franklin. 



P. Z. S., 1831— HoRSF., Cat. 706— Jerdon, Cat. 184— Blyth, 

 Cat. 733 — A. gracilis, and A. gangetica, Blyth — A. leiopus, 

 Hodgson (in part). — A. coelivox, Sayinhoe? — A. Malabarica, apud 

 Bly'tu, Cat. 734 — A. arvensis, apud Sundevall — Buruta-pitta, 

 Tel., vulgo Ni.ala picJiike, or Ground Sparrow — Maiiam-hadi Tam., 

 i. e., Sk3'-bird — Bhin-ut, H. 



The Indian Sky-lark. 



Descr. — Above, the feathers are dark brown, with fulvous 

 margins ; beneath fuh'escent white, deeper on the breast, and 

 spotted or streaked with dusky ; ear-coverts spotted and tipped 

 dusky; a pale cycstreak ; the erectile feathers of the head moder- 

 ately elongated. Some specimens have a rufous tinge on the upper 

 tail-coverts, and also margining the large quills, more especially 

 the secondaries, while the coverts are edged with grey ; the tail 

 has the outermost feather almost wholly fuh-escent-white, and 

 the penultimate one has its outer web, and sometimes the tip 

 of the inner web of the same tint. 



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