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dark hair brown, broadly margined on their outer webs, the two 

 former with rufous, the latter with greenish fulvous. The rest of 

 the quills, the primary greater coverts, and the winglet, a some- 

 what lighter hair brown ; and all the feathers conspicuously 

 margined on their outer webs, but not nearly so broadly as the 

 feathers already mentioned, with greenish albescent. 



This is the only female we secured, and, though it was care- 

 fully sexed, I do not feel quite certain that it was not a young 

 male. 



723. — Euspiza aureola, Pall. 



Though neither Captain Feilden nor Mr. Oates appears to 

 have obtained this species, I have myself seen a specimen killed 

 near Thayetmyo, and Sir Arthur Phayre obtained it in the 

 neighbourhood of Tonghoo. It must, therefore, be included in 

 our list. 



755 bis.— Mirafra microptera, Hume. 



This species has been already characterized (Stray Feathers, 

 1873, p. 483) . It is the same species as Dr. Jerdon mentions under 

 the name of affmis as being common about Thayetmyo. Captain 

 Feilden says : " This is certainly the commonest Lark about here." 



Mr. Oates remarks : " Very common, being seen all the year 

 through in every field and on every road-side. It is so tame 

 that it will hardly get out of your way. I found the nest on 

 the 20th July, and have described it, as well as the eggs, in Nests 

 and Eggs, Part II. 



" The dimensions of the female that I measured were as follow : — 



" Length, 5*5; expanse, 9; tail, from vent, 1*55; wing, 2*8; 

 bill, from gape, 0"55; tarsus, 0*82. 



" The irides, hazel ; lower mandible and margin of upper, very 

 pale pinkish fleshy ; the remainder of the upper mandible, dark 

 horny ; legs, light fleshy ; claws, pinkish." 



762.— Alaudula raytal, Blyth. 



Specimens from Thayetmyo, from the sandy banks of the 

 Irrawaddy and its affluents, are precisely similar to those from 

 similar localities on the Ganges and its affluents. 



This bird must not be confounded with Alaudula Adamsi, nobis, 

 (Ibis,1871, page 405, and Stray Feathers, 1873, page 213), which 

 is the Sand-Lark of the Indus and its affluents, which is perfectly 

 distinct, and, like raytal, is a permanent resident of the localities 

 in which it occurs. Some one, I forget who, has been confound- 

 ing Adamsi with pispoletta, Pallas; but I have specimens of this 

 both from Europe and North-West India, and it is perfectly 



