116 Lieut.-Col. C. Swinhoe on the 



Common about Kandahar during winter. A very favourite 

 cage-bird with the Afghans. I succeeded in bringing two 

 male birds to India. They sing very continuously; but the 

 note is harsh and not to be compared with that of Alauda 

 arvensis or A. gulyula. Dr. Duke shot two of these birds at 

 Khelat in March. I was told by iho, bird-catchers that they 

 were only winter visitors, arriving in October and leaving at 

 the latter end of March. 



133. Otocorys penicillata, Gould. 

 Kandahar, 1 c? , 1 ? , 25,1,81. 



A winter visitor. 



134. Alauda arvensis, Linn. 

 Kandahar, 1 S , 2,2,81 ; Do., 1 S , 8,2,81. 



I am inclined to believe it is only a bird of passage at Kan- 

 dahar. I have no note of having seen one earlier than Feb- 

 ruary ; and certainly later on, when Larks commenced singing, 

 it was not in the country at all. Many times, seeing what I 

 believed was an A. arvensis singing, I have shot it, and it turned 

 out to be A. gidgula ; and I also note that Mr. Murray did not 

 meet with this bird during the three months, March, April, 

 and May, spent between Sibi and Chamau. 



135. Alauda gulgula, Frankl. 



Kandahar, l^, 20,3,81; Do., 1?, 30,3,81; Do., \S, 

 31,3,81 ; Dubrai, 1 ? , 26,4,81 ; Quetta, IS, 10,5,81. 



A summer visitor ; the first I observed was singing in the 

 air on the 20th March, and I shot him while descending ; all 

 examined had the testes and ovaries Avell developed. I heai'd 

 and saw this Lark singing at every stage in our journey to 

 India in April and May until we entered the mountain-pass 

 of the Bolan at Durwaza. 



136. Galerita cristata (Linn.). 



Kandahar, 1?, 15,12,80; Do., l^, 1,2,81; Do., 1 ^^ , 

 2,2,81 ; Do. 1 c? , 2 ? , 21,2,81 ; Do., 1 ? , 6,4,81 ; Melkarez, 

 2 (J, 24,4,81 ; Killa Abdula, 1 ? , 30,4,81. 



The common Lark of the country. Common everywhere 

 all the year round. 



