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developed on the breast ; chin white ; breast and sides of throat 

 marked with dusky-brown striae ; supercilium fulvous-white ; outer- 

 most tail-feathers almost all white ; the penultimate white on 

 the whole outer web, and also a considerable portion obliquely 

 of the inner web. 



The Indian Titlark is a common and permanent resident 

 throughout the Presidency, breeding during May and June. The 

 nest, which is a mere pad, is composed of fine roots and fibres, 

 and is usually placed on the ground, under small tufts of grass, 

 which only partially conceal it. 



The eggs, three or four in number, are oval in shape, brownish- 

 white in color, profusely speckled with reddish and umber-brown. 

 These spots are more dense at the large end. 



They measure 8 inches in length by about 0*6 in breadth, 



Corydalla striolata, Ely. 



601. Jerdon's Birds of India, Vol. II, p. 233. 



THE LARGE TITLARK. 



Length, 7'5 ; expanse, 12; tail, 3'25 ; wing, 376; tarsus, 

 T05 ; hind-claw, 0'5 ; bill from gape, 0'8. 



Very similar to G. rufula, but larger, the markings more dis- 

 tinct, and the breast much more spotted, the general tinge at the 

 same time being more fulvous. 



Jerdon gives Central India as one of the localities frequented by 

 the large Titlark. 



GENUS, Agrodroma, Swainson. 



Hind-claw comparatively short ; bill moderately strong ; plum- 

 age more uniform and less streaked. 



Agrodroma campestris, Lin 



602. Jerdon's Birds of India, Vol. II, p. 234; Butler, Guzerat; 

 Stray Feathers, Vol. Ill, p. 491 ; Deccan, Stray Feathers, Vol. 

 IX, p. 412 ; Murray's Vertebrate Zoology of Sind, p. 173 ; S win- 

 hoe and Barnes, Central India ; Ibis, 1885, p. 127. 



THE STONE PIPIT. 



Length, 7 to 7 25 ; expanse, 1075 ; wing, 3'6 ; tail, 275 to 3 ; 

 tarsus, 0'95 ; bill at front, 0*5. 



Bill horny, yellowish beneath ; irides brown ; legs yellowish, 

 with a tinge of fleshy. 



General tone of plumage pale rufous-grey, some of the feathers, 

 especially of the head, centred with dusky, those on the back 

 scarcely so at all ; beneath, and superciliary stripe, pale fawn- 

 color, whitening on the throat and vent; breast very faintly 

 marked with brown streaks ; a brown stripe from the gape below 

 the ears, and another from the lower edge of the under mandible 

 down the throat on each side ; wing-coverts brown, broadly edged 

 with pale fawn-color ; the two centre feathers of the tail brown, 



