180 Capt. Beavan on various Indian Birds. 



tops of little mounds or hillocks. The flight is somewhat lark- 

 like. Three or four birds were observed at the same time ; but 

 they are not common. Bill and legs horny brown. Irides 

 brown. Dimensions: — length 6*75; wing 4*125; tail 3*5; 

 tarsus "8125; spread foot 1'25 j bill from front "5, from gape 

 •7; extent 13. 



760. Pyrrhulauda grisea. Black-bellied Finch-Lark. 



Rare about Bari'ackpore ; common in Maunbhoom. I can con- 

 firm Prof. Sundevall's account of its habits (Ann. Mag. N. H. 

 1846, xviii. p. 259) as noticed by Dr. Jerdon, having seen it in 

 Maunbhoom in February 1863, singing in the air with ex- 

 panded wings. 



7Q^. Calandrella brachydactyla. Short-toed Lark. 



Common in Maunbhoom in the cold weather. Specimens 

 killed at Kashurghur have a large blackish patch on each side of 

 the breast above. 



A specimen from Morar, December 1866, measured : — Length 

 6'75 ; wing 3*875 ; tail 2'5 ; tarsus '9375 ; spread of foot 

 1*25 ; bill from front "375, from gape '5; extent 11*5. The 

 tertials are equal in length to the primaries. 



761 his. Melanocorypha torquata. Large Ring-necked 

 Lark. 



AtUmballah, November 8th, 1866, I purchased from a native 

 a pair of fine specimens alive, which were said to have been 

 brought from Cabul. I have never met with the bird in a wild 

 state in the north of India, although it is said to occur there by 

 Mr. Hume (Ibis, 1867, p. 471)*. In general appearance this is 

 a very striking and conspicuous species, both from its size and 

 resemblance to a large Ringed Plover. I attempted to bring 

 this pair of birds home alive for the Zoological Gardens, and got 

 them in safety round the Cape, when they both died in one 

 night. I did not hear them attempt to sing, the whole time I 

 had them ; but the natives say that they do so beautifully [cf. 

 Jerdon, B. Ind. ii. p. 427). 



* [Lord Walden informs us that he has received many specimens of 

 this species shot in the neighhourhood of Umballah. — Ed.] 



