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the latter serves at once to separate it. It is the Skylark of South 

 Formosa and the Pescadores. 



419. Galerida cristata (L.). 



Galerida leautungemis, Swinh. ; P. Z. S. 1863, p. 272, 1870, p.433. 



Alanda leautungensis, Ibis, 1801, p. 25G, 18G3, p. 87. 

 Talienwan and Pekin valleys. 



" Resident and common at the feet of our mountains and in 

 Mongolia" (David). 



420. Alaudtjla cheleensis, n. sp. 



Alauda brachydactyla, Swinh. ; Ibis, 1861, pp. 255, 333. 



Calandrella pispoletta, P. Z. S. 1863, p. 271. 



Differs from A. pispoletta, from the banks of the Volga, in being 

 smaller in all its proportions, in having a more pyrrhuline bill, in its 

 more rufescent plumage, and in having its outer tail-feathers almost 

 entirely white. 



Talien Bay. " Not rare at Pekin, but particularly abundant in 

 Mongolia" (David). 



421. Calandrella brachydactyla (Leisl.)? 



A short-toed Lark with unspotted breast has been received at the 

 Paris Museum from Moupin, which looks like the Indian bird. The 

 second species at Pekin mentioned by Pere David in his Catalogue 

 may also possibly be this species. 



422. Melanocorypha mongolica (Pall.); Ibis, 1861, p. 333, 

 1867, p. 232; P. Z. S. 1863, p. 271. 



Pekin plains in winter ; very common in Mongolia (David). 



423. Otocorys alpestris (L.). 



The Alpine Lark with the yellow throat only comes to the 

 northern parts of the Chelee Province during the great cold (David). 

 It has been sent from Trans-Baikal. 



424. Otocorys sibirica, Eversm. 



Otocoris alpestris, Swinh. P. Z. S. 1863, p. 272. 



Otocoris penicillata, Ibis, 1863, p. 95; P. Z. S. 1862, p. 318. 



Differs from the last in having a white face, and in being of a 

 paler rosier hue above. " Sedentary and very abundant in the high 

 regions of Mongolia, whence it descends to Pekin in small numbers. 

 This pretty Lark loves the neighbourhood of Mongol tents in winter ; 

 but deserts them in the warm season. It rests on the bare hills, 

 and sings more melodiously than even the Skylark." (Davitf.) 



425. Palteornis lathami, Finsch, Papageien, ii. p. 66. 



Palceomis ?, Ibis, 1S67, p. 389. 



PalcBornis javanieus, Ibis, 1870, p. 93. 

 Hainan. 



