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161. Melanocorypha bimaculata (Meueti'ies). 



A winter visitant as far south as Kelatj where it was ob- 

 tained in March by Dr. Duke. 



162. Otocorys penicillatAj Goukl. 



A few are seen about Kandahar in the Avinter, but it is not 

 common. 



163. Alauda arvensis (sive dulcicox?). 



Very common in the winter all over our province, but not 

 observed in summer. 



164. Alauda galgula (Frankl.). 



A permanent resident, and not, as Colonel Swiuhoe states, 

 a summer visitor only. A male shot by me at Quetta iu 

 iJccember is in t!ie Hume Collection. It is the common 

 Sky Lark of the country. 



165. Galerida cristata (Linn.). 



Found everywhere from the plains of India to 6000 feet or 

 thereabouts, but not so numerous as it is further west. 



I believed that I saw the large Desert Lark [Certhilauda 

 desertonim) on one occasion on the borders of the desert 

 near Kandahar, and informed Col. Swinhoe, who inserted it, 

 on my authority, in his list. But I am now inclined to doubt 

 its occurrence north of the m atershed of the Indian Oceaii, 

 without further testimony, and have therefore omitted it. 

 I should add that I have since had better opportunities of 

 observing the fauna of the Helmund desert, and have not 

 seen it. 



166. COLUMBA CASIOTIS (Bp.), 



Very numerous iu suitable localities, such as the large 

 gardens about Kandahar and in the wooded hills west of 

 Quetta. It breeds in large numbers in the juniper-forests 

 of Ziarat, 7000-9000 feet, migrating to the lower hills iu 

 autumn. 



167. CoLUMBA INTERMEDIA, Strickl. 



168. CoLUMBA LIVIA, LiuU. 



In the immediate neighbourhood of Kandahar these two 

 species have interbred to such an extent that, as Colonel 



