488 OENITHOLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS IN SIKHIM, 



not, contending that a synonym could be so applied. I there- 

 fore suggested another name, and I am afraid^ too late, its 

 describer suggested a third terra. 



682 bis.— Sturnus purpurascens, Goidd. 



I obtained a few near Saharunpore, which I readily made out 

 with the help of Mr. Hume's very good paper on these birds. 



Sturnus vulgaris. — I obtained it at Mooltan^ and I have also 

 got it at Etawah and Mogulserai. 



720.— Emberiza pusilla, Tall. 



This was common on the hills below Darjeeling, where there 

 was brushwood. Its note is a sort of " zip" not unlike the note 

 of Reguloides eroclirous. 



729— Pyrrhula erythrocephala, Vig. 



This was the only Bullfinch I saw near Darjeeling, and on 

 the Senchal hill a little beyond the grassy open where I 

 obtained Anthus ludovicianus. 



746.— Procarduelis nipalensis, Bodgs. 



This was tolerably numerous on the same hills where Emberiza 

 pusilla was found. 



761 6is.— Calandrella tibetana, Sp. Nov.^' 



Upper surface, a light cold brownish grey, streaked with 

 dark greyish brown ; lower surface dull white, and grey across 

 the breast. There are sometimes a few small indistinct streaks 

 or spots. The bill is rather longer and more pointed than in 

 hracliT/d&ctylay and not so stout at the base. The tone of the 

 upper plumage of this bird inclines to bluish grey, and is 

 quite different from the sandy-toned upper surface of hracliy- 

 dactyla. I have autumnal and summer examples of each, so 

 the conspicuous difference is not due to season. This new bird 

 is from Thibet, beyond Sikhim. 



Wings ... ... 3-55; 3-5 ; 37; 3-35. 



Tails ... ... 2"55; 255; 24 ; fourth one has no tail. 



Tarsus ... ... '75 ; bill at front, -47 in all. 



I have had this bird for long. Mr. Dresser said he never saw 

 anything like it. The late Mr. Mandelli procured it, and was 

 much puzzled as to what it was. He had labelled it " C. 

 pispoletta.^' From this, however, it is quite distinct. 



762 /er.— Alaudula adamsi, Sume. 



This was not uncommon at Sehwan, along the water side. 



• Apparently G. acutirostris, nobis — Lahore to Yarkand. 



