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Upper mandible black; lower mandible fleshy, its base and 

 the gape yellow; irides dark brown ; feet reddish fleshy; claws 

 horny brown. 



This large Pipit is found in the valley of Nepal only in winter, 

 and even then is decidedly rare. It frequents bare ground 

 and fields of growing corn, and is always wary and difficult of 

 approach. 



600.— Corydalla rufula, Vieill. 



Fifteen males. — Length, 6'1 to 6*75 ; expanse, 10"1 to ll'l ; 

 wing, 3-1 to 3-45 ; tail, 2-35 to 2-75 ; tarsus, 0-9 to I'l ; bill 

 from gape, 0*7 to 0*8 ; bill at front, 0*5 to 0-57 ; closed wings 

 short of tail, 1'3 to 1'45 ; hind claw, 0"45 to 0"53. 



Seven females. — Length, 6-1 to 6-25 ; expanse, 9'6 to 10-8 ; 

 \ving, 3-1 to 3-2 ; tail, 2-3 to 26 ; tarsus, 0-95 to M ; bill from 

 gape, 0-67 to 0'75 ; bill at front, 0-49 to 0*56 ; closed wings 

 short of tail, 1-3 to 1-45 ; hind claw, 0-4 to 0-46. 



Bill blackish brown or dusky above and at tip ; base of lower 

 mandible fleshy or horny yellow ; irides dark brown ; feet 

 brownish, yellowish or bufiy fleshy ; claws brown horny. 



Winter examples have the feathers above more broadly 

 edged with rufous buff"; and specimens obtained in June are a 

 good deal darker above and less fulvous underneath than birds 

 obtained in other months. 



The Indian Titlark is exceedingly common in the valley of 

 Nepal throughout the year ; it is also common in winter in 

 the Nawakot district and the Markhu Valley. In the Nepal 

 Valley the breeding season seems to extend from March to 

 June. I obtained a fully-fledged nestling on the 4th June, 

 and on the 5th of the same month I got a nest containing three 

 hard-set eggs. 



605 &is.— Anthus rosaceus, Bodgs. 



Four specimens, December y February and March. — Leno-th, 6*4 

 to 6-8 ; expanse, lO'G to 11*1 ; wing, 3-4 to 3*6 ; tail, 2'6 to 

 2-85; tarsus, 0-83 to 0-9; bill from gape, 0-66 to 0*7 ; bill at 

 front, 0*47 to 0-5 ; closed wings short of tail, 1-1 to l'4i ; hind- 

 toe and claw, 0"76 to 0'84. 



Bill dusky, blackish on culmen, and fleshy brown at base of 

 lower mandible ; irides dark brown ; feet brownish fleshy ; claws 

 dusky. 



In these specimens the axillaries and the edge of the wino- 

 at the bend are bright yellow ; the chin is unspotted ; and the 

 throat and breast show strong black longitudinal stripes. 



This Pipit is fairly common in the Nepal and Chitlano- 

 Valleys, in winter ; it arrives in October and leaves about the 



