254 PASSEREH. 



FAMILY. PARADOXORNITHID^E. 



PARADOXORNIS 1 . 



Paradoxornis, Gould, P. Z. S. 1836, p. 17. 



1247. Paradoxornis raficeps. 



Paradoxornis ruficeps, Blyth, J. A. S. B. xi. p. 177; J. A. S. 

 B. xliii. extr. No. p. 117: Jerd. B. Ind. ii. p. 5. 



a Arakau (E. Blyth} 1847. b India (" Paradoxornis rufi- 

 ceps," E. Blyth} 1851. 



FAMILY. ALAUDID^E. 



ALAUDA. 

 Alauda, Linnaeus, Syst. Nat. i. p. 287 (1766) (partim). 



1248. Alauda arvensis. 



Alauda arvensis, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. p. 287 : Strickl. P. Z. S. 

 1836, p. 99: Newton, ed. Yarr. Brit. B. i. p. 614: Dresser, B. 

 Eur. 



a $ juv. Worcestershire (H. E. Strickland) 1833. I 

 Worcestershire, January (H. E. Strickland] 1834. c Smyrna, 

 28 December (H. E. Strickland) 1835. 



1249. Alauda gulgula. 



Alauda gulgula, Frankl. P. Z. S. 1830-1, p. 119: Blyth, J. 

 A. S. B. xiii! p. 961: Jerd. B. Ind. ii. p. 434. 



Alauda gracilis, Blyth, J. A. S. B. xi. p. 201. 



a India (Askew) 1837. 6 India ("Alauda gulgula, Bengal 

 var." E. Blyth} 1846. c Madras ('Alauda gulgula," T. C. 

 Jerdon) 1850. d India ("Alauda gulgula" E. Blyth) 1851. 

 e India (E. Blyth) 1851. 



i The right position of this genus has been and still is a matter of doubt. 

 Various places have been assigned to it, such as the families Timeliidm, Faridie, 

 and in the neighbourhood of the Buntings. A close relationship to the genus 

 Panurus has also been suggested. 



