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dency. Since Behar has been separated 

 to form an independant province, we can 

 no longer with accuracy call it a Bengal 

 bird. Its southern limits extend to the 

 latitude of Madras. Northwards, it has 

 been noticed as far as the Sutlej valley in 

 the Himalayas. Bengal is the home of 

 another Bush -Lark — the Red- winged one — 

 {M, erifthroptera), the eastern limits of 

 its range rea(3hing the longtitude of Cal- 

 cutta. The Madras Bush-Lark (Jf. affinis) 

 lives in Southern India and Ceylon, its 

 northern limit running into Midnapore in 

 Benoral. 



The Chendool {Galerita cristata) or the 

 Crested Lark is a bird of Northern India. 

 Eastwards, it is not found beyond the longti- 

 tude of Madras. As it affects dry places, 

 the damp climate of Bengal is unsuitable 

 for it. It is therefore found in the hot, 

 dry localities of Upper India. The latitude 

 of the Tropic of Cancer may roughly be 

 said to be its southern limit in this country. 

 Occasionally, though rarely, it may be found 



