1922.] Birds of J/uuia ly'istrid. 279 



Ammomaues plioenicura phcenicura (FrankL). (4 skins.) 

 Four adult males, all deep in complete moult, were shot 

 on 27 July, 1910, from a small flock on waste ground near 

 the canal at Sheikhan. They were not at all shy, tlying with 

 a curious uncertain twisting flight when disturbed and soon 

 settling again. So far as I can ascertain, this is the only 

 record for the Punjab above Hissar, where the species occurs 

 in small numbers. 



Galerida cristata magna Hume. (1 skin.) 



1 obtained one at Shah Jiwani on 15 February, 1918 ; it 



is probably not uncommon in some years as a winter visitor. 



Galerida cristata chendoola (Frankl.). (7 skins.) 



An abundant resident and generally distributed. It com- 

 mences to sino" about Februarv, and the song is uttered on the 

 ground, from a bush, and whilst soaring in the air. I took 

 six nosts in 1919 between 27 March and 15 May. Sixteen 

 eggs yield the following measurements : — Length 20"5- 

 23 mm., breadth 15"5-17*5 mm, ; average 21"8 x IG mm. 



Alaiida arvensis dulcivox Brooks. (8 skins.) 



A common winter visitor from early in December until 

 about the end of February. 



Alauda gulgula gulgula Frankl. (5 skins.) 



The Indian Sky-Lark undoubtedly breeds in some numbers 

 in the fields of the riverain area about April and May, and 

 it stays in their neighbourhool until October and possibly 

 November. It is apparently a summer visitor only, and 

 outside the riverain it is somewhat scarce. 



Mirafra cantillans Jerd. (1 skin.) 



On 23 July, 1919, I first met with this species in the 

 district at Shah Jiwana, where a few were frequenting a 

 cultivated area in which patches of cotton and a kind of 

 runner bean alternated with patches of waste ground. These 

 birds were obviously breeding and the males were in song, 



