450 Mr. Douglas Carruthers on the 



All the Common Skylarks were winter visitors in Zaraf- 

 schan. In the summer their place was taken by great 

 numbers of Indian Skylarks, which come north to the 

 Zarafschan Valley to breed. All my specimens belong to 

 the " mealy form/' 



39. Alauda inconspicua. 



Alauda gnlgula inconspicua Hartert, Vug. Pal. Fauna, 

 i. p. 249. 



S . Bokhara. 18-20 May, 1908. Nos. 479, 458, 487. 



This Lark is a summer visitor to the low steppe, breeding 

 in the cultivated lands at 200 ft. I never found it higher up 

 than 1000 ft. 



40. Galerida magna. 



Galerida cristata magna Hartert, Vog. Pal. Fauna, i. 

 p. 235. 



S. Samarkand. 17 Nov., 22 Sept., 1907. Nos. 191, 46. 



? . „ 18 Nov., 23 Sept., 1907. Nos. 197, 50. 



All the Crested-Larks that I collected belong to the large, 

 pale race called G. magna by Hume. My specimens agree 

 with those in the British Museum from Kashgar and 

 Tashkent. 



41. Calandrella brachydactyla. 



Calandrella brachydactyla brachydactyla Hartert, Yog. 

 Pal. Fauna, i. p. 215. 



S . Samarkand. 25 April, 1908. Nos. 364, 365. 



<$. Bokhara. 20-22 March, 1908. Nos. 309, 474, 308, 



310. 

 ? . „ 22 March, 1908. No. 311. 



42. Calandrella pispoletta. 



Calandrella pispoletta Sharpe, Cat. B. xiii. p. 587. 

 S. Bokhara. 14 Nov., 1907. Nos. 178, 179. 

 This specimen belongs to the pale race of the species from 

 the Oxus deserts. 



