174 A CONTRIBUTION TO THE ORNITHOLOGY 
9. Sughuchak, 10th June.—Length, 6; expanse, 11:3; 
wings, 3°55; tail, 2°5; tarsus, 0°75; bill from gape, 0:53 ; 
closed wings fall short of tail, 1°2 ; weight, 0°750z. 
Bill, fleshy—brownish on culmen; irides, dark brown ; legs 
and feet, fleshy ; claws, light horn color. 
This species is a permanent resident in the plains of Kash- 
gharia, where it breeds. It is much less common than Gale- 
rita magna and is rather shy. It is usually found at some dis- 
tance from habitations frequenting waste sandy tracts and 
ground covered with efflorescence. It is a very whitish, desert- 
looking sort of bird; and a sweet songster, rising high in the 
air and remaining fixed in one spot while it utters its note. In 
June, when this species breeds, it was usually noticed about in 
pairs. The Turki name for this species is Chulan toghai; the 
word Toghai meaning Lark. 
763.—Otocoris penicillata, Gould. 
9. Desert between Sulik Aziz Langar and Sanju, 10th 
August.—Length, 7-4; expanse, 13°6; wing, 4:5; tail, 3°3; 
tarsus, 0°9; bill, from gape, 0:7; closed wings fall short of 
tail, 1:3; weight, l:20z. Bill, dusky; base of lower mandible 
greyish; irides, hazel; legs, feet, and claws, dusky. 
Q. Juv. Same place and date-—Length, 6:9; expanse, ' 
12°8; wing, 4:1; tail, 2°7; tarsus, 0°75; bill, from gape, 
0:65; closed wings fall short of tail, 1-1; weight, l-loz. 
Bill, upper mandible, and tip of lower, slaty brown; rest of 
lower mandible, grey horny ; irides, brown; legs, feet, and 
claws, dusky. 
Besides the above, seven specimens were preserved from 
Yarkand, Kashghar, and the intermediate plains country, 
during the cold weather season—trom October to February. 
This species was common in Eastern Turkestan in winter, 
frequenting the open bare steppes. When riding out of 
Kashghar, on the journey to Yarkand for instance, Galerita 
magna would at first be very numerous about habitations, &<. ; 
then on the borders of cultivation G. magna and the present 
species would be found together, overlapping eas it were; 
while a little further on, on the stony steppe @G. magna would 
cease and be replaced entirely by Otocoris penicillata. At the 
approach of summer the species under consideration quits the 
plains for the surrounding hills whither it repairs to breed. 
On the return journey the Horned Lark was met with in the 
desert between Sulik Aziz Langar and Sanju, at the foot 
of the hills; and in the mountains it was observed in some 
most desolate places even at elevations of about 17,000 
feet. 
