78 Mr. Hugh Whistler on the 



Anthus spinoletta blakistoni. The Central Asian Water- 

 Pipit. 



941. 3.12.1913. Jhelum. Wing 83*5 mm. 



943. 7.12.1913. Chakwal. S. 



946.8.12.1913. „ S. Wing 89 mm. 



Noted in some numbers in December in flocks on 

 the golf-course by the river and about the tank at 

 Chakwal. 



[Iris and feet dark brown, soles yellowish ; bill brown, 

 base of lower mandible yellowish. These are typical 

 A. s. blakistoni.— C. B. T.] 



Alauda arvensis. The Sky-Lark. 



952. 16.12.1913. Parhi. Wing 119 mm. 



An abundant winter visitor, occurring in large flocks 

 which arrive about October and leave towards the end of 

 March. 



[Iris light brown ; tarsi brown, claws black ; bill horn- 

 colour, darker along the culmen. This specimen I refer 

 to A. arvensis scliach Ehmcke, from its very pale sandy 

 upper parts, though suflficient material is not at hand to say 

 whether this race is really separable from A-, a. cinerascens 

 Ehmcke.— C. B. T.] 



Alauda gulgula. The Indian Sky-Lark. 

 852. 10.9.1913. Sardi. <J . 



Status uncertain, but it is probably a resident, reinforced 

 by winter immigration. Breeds in April. 



Calandrella hrachydactyla. The Short-toed Lark. 

 953.16.12.1913. Parhi. ?. Wing 90 mm. 



1336. 11.3.1914. Dumman. (^ . „ 89*5 mm. 



A winter visitor, occurring abundantly in large flocks ; 

 first noted on October 13, and still numerous in the middle 

 of March. 



[Iris brown ; feet pale brown ; bill horn-colour, dusky 

 along the culmen. These specimens belong to the greyer 

 eastern form, C. b. longipennis, — C. B. TJ] 



