Ornithology of Asia Minor. 21 



119. Alauda arboreAj L. 

 Common everywhere and resident. 



120. Alauda cristata (L.). 



First met with in the interior May 1st. After leaving 

 Kaisariyeh it became more common. 



121. Calandrella brachydactyla (Leisl.). 

 Less abundant than the following. 



122. Calandrella minor (Cab.). . 

 Exceedingly common throughout the interior. 



123. Melanocorypha calandra (L.). 



Swarms in the grassy interior. A few specimens were seen 

 at Giaour-keui. 



124. Melanocorypha bimaculata, Menetr. 



Occurred in small flocks of three to nine in barren localities 

 near Anascha from March 23rd to the middle of April. 

 Larger flocks were met with at the end of the latter month 

 at Giaour-keui ; but it was never found in any other part of 

 the country. It is very easy to distinguish this bird when 

 on the wing from the common Calandra Lark, the present 

 species wanting the conspicuous white line formed by the 

 terminations of the wing-feathers of the ordinary kind. 



In habits it was not shy. The birds of the small flock 

 at first found, squatting close to the ground, and probably 

 trusting to their resemblance to the colour of the soil, allowed 

 one to come very near. After being fired at they would make 

 several wide circles, uttering the while their loud clear notes, 

 and eventually pitch again almost in the same place. Their 

 favourite quarters were either stony earthy hillocks or fields 

 of sprouting corn. 



125. Otocorys penicillata, Gould, 



Not uncommon. Observed in flocks during winter, and 

 subsequently met with in its breeding-quarters on the high 

 mountain-flats and the bare hills near the Ala dagh. 



126. Emberiza miliaria, L. 



Very common in the mountains, and resident. 



