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further south. The majority of Indian 

 Chendools seems to migrate to Central Asia 

 with the advent of summer, but a consider- 

 able number is resident and breeds here. 

 Dewar notes that "it is found in Lahore 

 all the yea)* round, but is far more plenti- 

 ful in winter than in summer, which is the 

 only time it is seen in England". This 

 species is, therefore, a migratory one. 

 Beyond India, the Crested Lark has an 

 immense range — from Spain to northern 

 China, from south Sweden and Central 

 Asia to Senegal in Africa. Its preference 

 is for bare and barren countries — even for 

 deserts — and it is found in large numbers 

 iia the warmest parts of its range. 



Last on our list comes a Sand-Lark, 

 Its vernacular name is Retal which has 

 evidently been accepted by scientists who 

 call it Alaudula raytal. "It is found", to 

 quote Gates, "on the sand-banks of all the 

 large rivers of the north-western provin- 

 ces, the Nepal Terai, Oudh, Behar, and 

 Bengal. This Lark is also found along the 



