1922,] (luring the First Mt. Everest Expedition. 517 



The Long-hilleJ C'ulandra Lark is confined to the country 

 between Kansu and the northern borders of Nepal and Sikkim. 

 Two of Mr. Wollaston's skins, nos. 200 and 201, are in 

 nestlino-pluniage. This Ijark was seen up to 15,200 ft. 

 by ( !olonel Walton. 



[A conspicuous bird on the open plains, 14,000 to 15,000 ft. 

 This Lark is occasionally kept in cages by the Tibetans, who 

 call it the Mocking-bird on account of the great variety of 

 its song.— A. F. 11. W.] 



Alauda inopinata Bianchi. 



136 ^ 14.G.21 Khamba Dzong 15,000 ft.; 183 (^,184 ? 

 3 7.21,203 S 0.7.21,208 ? , 213 (^ 8.7.21,220 ? , 221 c^ , 

 222 ? 11.7.21 Tingri 14,000 ft. 



This Skylark appears to be resident in Tibet, and 1 have 

 been unable to find any record of its occurrence elsewhere. 

 Tiie shape of the wing is different in this bird to that in the 

 arvensis group of Larks, and I think for the present it 

 should certainly be kept as a distinct species. In the Natural 

 History Museum there are four skins of Alauda gulgula 

 guttata collected by Mandelli's native collectors in Tibet in 

 May and one from Sikkim in June. They are rather more 

 rufous than birds from Kashmir, more the colour of ccelivox. 

 It would bn interesting to know whether this Lark breeds in 

 Sikkim hv Tibet. 



[Occasionally found about cultivated fields ; the song and 

 habit of soaring very similar to that of a Skylark. A nest 

 with three fresh eggs found at Tingri on 7 July. Nest 

 much more compactly built and better concealed than that 

 of the Skylark.— A. F. R. W.] 



Calandrella acutirostris tibetana Brooks. 



140 o 17.6.21 Tinki Dzong 13,500 ft. ; 147 J 18.6.21 

 Chusha 14,000 ft.; 148, 149 S 19.6.21 Gyanka 13,500 ft.; 

 152 S 23.6.21, 156 S 25.6.21, 160 juv.' 27.6.21, 161 ? 

 27.6.21, 165 c? 26.6.21, 171 c?, 171a ? 28.6.21, 172 ? 

 26.6.21, 197 S 5.7.21, 209 S 8.7.21, 215 ? 9.7.21 with 



