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ty, as their particular livery, matches the ground they are on. Like 
sparrows they indulge in dust baths. Nostrils are protected by 
short bristly feathers. 
GENUS AMMOMANES, has a short, thick, compressed bill, ridge 
arched, gonys ascending ; wings long 3rd and 4th quills longest, 1st 
minute, tertiaries moderate ; tail longish. They are usually solitary 
in their habits ; remain much on land and frequent, when in the 
district uplands and hill tops. 
(758) AMMOMANES PHANICURA, Rufous-tailed Finch-lark, is met 
with during winter months at Senchal. 
GeENus ALAuDA, bill is moderate in size, fairly straight, slender 
and conical; head crested ; wings long; tail short and _ forked ; 
tarsus longish ; feet large ; hind claw very long. 
(766) ALAUDA TRIBORHYNCHA, Himalayan sky-lark, is found at 
Phalut. It is 7 inches in size, above, plumage is deep brown, with 
rufous edged feathers, showing more distinctly on the upper neck ; 
beneath, earthy white with brown streaks ; breast chesnut, with 
brown streaks; tail displays a fair quantity of white feathers. 
Hodgson called this bird, or a bird very like it Duleivox, found in 
Horsfield’s list (705). 
(767) ALAUDA GuLGuLA, Indian sky-lark, is found throughout 
the plains, in most places, where fields; dry serubby “ danga” lands 
abound ; rice fields and pasture lands. It rises on the wing and 
sings as it rises, not unlike the lark of Britain. It is observed 
oftener, perhaps, in spring. Many of those who love the sky-lark’s 
song in the home-land, give it scarcely a second thought in the 
balmy east, where it is frequently sold in game markets, as Ortolan 
together with the social lark (761). 
