404 Mr. A. Hume on Indian Ornithology. 



working at this place during the last few months under that 

 gentleman's supervision. It appears, from the first instalment 

 of specimens received thence, that not only the two species above 

 mentioned, but also Corvus comix, Corvus monedula, Corvus 

 frugilegus, Ruticilla rufogularis, Alauda arvensis, and several 

 other species hitherto extremely rare in all Indian collections, 

 are plentiful in this locality. But the great novelty which the 

 collection contains is a splendid specimen (a female it is true) of 

 Otis tarda, a species hitherto unrecorded from India. The bird 

 was killed on the 23rd of December. It measured : — Length 

 33" ; expanse 63" ; tail from vent 8"-5 ; length of foot 2"*5 ; 

 width of foot 2"*75 ; the wings when closed reached to within 

 3"'5 of end of tail. It weighed 8*25 lbs. ; and the contents of 

 the stomach were green mustard leaves. Five or six birds were 

 seen, amongst which was at least one male ; but only this single 

 specimen could be procured, as the birds were very wary. 



In No. 2 of Part I. of my " Rough Notes,^' I provisionally 

 referred two young Fishing Eagles, obtained in the Etawah 

 district, to Haliceetus pelagica. Since then I have obtained from 

 Europe a young specimen of H. albicilla, corresponding exactly 

 with my birds j and I have now received from Murdan a perfectly 

 adult male of this latter species, as well as a young female cor- 

 responding with the young birds procured in Etawah*. The 

 male was 32" in length, with an expanse of 82", and weighed 

 9*25 lbs. The female, a young bird, measured 35" in length, 

 and 86" in expanse, but only weighed 6'5 lbs. I should add 

 that in the Calcutta Museum I found a specimen of the young 

 of this species, procured apparently in Lower Bengal and 

 labelled H. fulviventer or H. leucoryphus, I forget which. The 

 labels, however, of the mounted birds appear to have been so 

 transposed during the interregnum that occurred between Mr. 

 Blyth's departure and Mr. Anderson's advent, that it is impos- 

 sible to be certain whether this specimen really was obtained in 

 Lower Bengal. 



An unnamed, but, as I believe, not unobserved species of 

 Lark, of which numerous specimens have been sent from Mur- 

 dan, remains to be characterized. It is intermediate between 

 [* Cf. Jerdou, anted, p. 336,— Ed.] 



