182 Mr. H. E. Dresser's Notes on 



209. GaLERITA CRIST ATA, L. 



Aluuda cristata, Scvertzoff, p. &7. 

 Horizontal range. Resident in all four districts. 

 Vertical range. Resident in districts 1 and 2 ; breeds in 

 district 3. 



210. Calandrella brachydactyla (Leisl.), SevertzofF, pp. 

 Q7, 141, 1 i2. 



Horizontal range. Breeds in all four districts. 



Vertical range. Breeds in districts 1, 2, 3, and 4, commonly 

 in 1 and 2 ; and occurs on passage in district 4. 



At page 142 he writes as follows : — " Calandrella brachy- 

 dactyla during summer inhabits districts around those inha- 

 bited by C. leucoph(Ba on the west, north, and east, and ranges 

 from the Thian-shan to the steppes of the Syr Darja, Chuish, 

 and Ilish, where, however, in the winter it is replaced by C. 

 leucoph(Ea." As a subspecies he further includes a bird under 

 the name of 



Calandrella brachydactyla, /3. tenuirostris , at p. 0)7 



[Horizontal range. Breeds in district IV. 



Vertical range. Breeds in district 2), 

 but gives no characters by which it may be distinguished. 



385. Calandrella pispoletta, Cab. nee Pall. ; Severtzofl", 



p. 67. 



Horizontal range. Breeds in district IV. 

 Vertical range. Breeds in district 1 . 



211. Calandrella LEUCOPHiEA, Severtzoff, pp. &7, 142, 143. 

 Horizontal range. Breeds and is resident in district III., 



being, however, numerically scarce. 



Vertical range. Breeds and is resident in district 1. 



Of this species a careful description is given at page 142 ; 

 but I cannot describe it better than by calling it a pale desert 

 form of Calandrella pispoletta, the species which occurs on 

 the Volga. The measurements are given as follows : — Total 

 length 7", extent 11" 6'", wing 3" 8'", tail 2" 7'", tarsus 7|"', 

 middle toe 4|"', hind toe 3'", hind claw 4^'", culmen 3|"', 

 thickness of the bill 2'". lie further states that it is found in 

 the Svr Darja district, l)ut is not very common, being met 



