93 



brunneo striato ; capite cristato brunneo striata ; rectricibus 

 brunneis riifo marginatis. 

 Statura minor quam prajcedentis, 



99. Alauda Dukhunensis. Al. corpore supra griseo-bnameo, 



plumis in medio fusco -brunneo notatis ; subtiis albescens, pectore 

 strig.ique superciliari riifescentibiis ; rectricibus Jiisco-brunneisy 

 duabus lateralibus albo marginatis. 



bides intense brunneae. Longitudo corporis 6tV unc.j 

 caudce 2. 

 Grass seeds only found in the stomach. Frequents stony plains. 



Genus Mirqfra, Horsf. 



100. Mirajra phcenicura, Frankl. 



This bird is characterized by the lightness, shortness, abruptness, 

 and sudden ascents and descents of its flight, /riflfe* yellow- 

 brown. Granivorous. 



Genus Emberiza, Auct. Bunting. 



101. Emberiza melanocephala , Scop. 



This native of Corfu is common to Western India. It appears in 

 considerable flocks at the ripening of the bread grain Jovoaree 

 {Andropogon Sorghum) in December. Irides intense brown. 

 Length Y-ro- inches : tail 3 inches. Granivorous. Allied to Evxb. 

 luteola, Mus. Carls, vol. 4. t. 93. 



102. Emberiza hortulana, Linn, Red-h-own Bunting. 



This, although not absolutely identical, is so closely allied to the 

 European bird that Colonel Sykes cannot separate it. Irides 

 intense brown. Length 1^^ inches ; tail 3 inches. Grass seeds 

 only found in the stomach. Bird solitary. 



103. Emberiza cristata, Vigors, Proceed. Zool. Soc. I. p. 35. 

 Length 6^ inches : tail 2yV inches. Rare in Dukhun, and found 



only on rocky and bushy mountains. Female of a uniform 

 sooty brown. Grass seeds only found in the stomach. Native 

 of China and Nepaul as well as Dukhun. 

 104f. Emberiza subcristata. Etnb. supra intense brunnea, plumis 

 brunneo pallidio7-i marginatis; subtiis pallide brunnea, Jiisco 

 striata; alarum plumarum rectricumque lateralium marginibus, 

 rectricibusque duabus mediis castaneis ; capite subcristato. 

 Irides intense brunneae. Rostrum rufo-brunneum. Longi- 

 tudo corporis 6tV unc, caudcB 2xV- 

 Sexes alike in size and plumage. Birds rare and solitary, and 

 found only in the open spaces on high mountains. This bird is 

 pronounced in Europe to be the female of Emb. cristata; 

 but setting aside the fact of both sexes of each bird being in 

 the present collection, their localities are different, and they 

 were never seen together by Colonel Sykes, 



Genus Linaria, Bechst. Limict. 

 105. Linaria Amandava. Fringilla Amandava, Linn. 



These beautiful little birds, so common in Goojrat, are rare in 

 Dukhun. 



