58 THE BIRDS OF THE LUCKNOW CIVIL DIVISION. 
lands, rarely seen in other localities. It usually rises to sing 
from the top of some small bush, takes a short heaven-ward. 
flight, and drops down gradually on to the top of another 
shrub. Though I have never seen its nest, 1 have met. with 
young birds—almost nestlings—in May. 
760.—Pyrrhulauda grisea, Scop. Native name—Duri. 
The Black-bellied Finch Lark is both a common and permanent 
resident, found in open, even usar, plains and ploughed and 
fallow fields, generally in flocks or small parties. I founda 
nest and two eggs on the 22nd April at the root of a tuft of 
sarpatta grass. The eggs measure respectively °73 by ‘57 and 
‘74 by ‘58 inches. 
761.-—Calandrella brachydactyla, Leis. Native name 
—Baghaira.* 
The Short-toed or Social Lark (the Ortolan of Indian dinner 
tables) is only a cold weather visitor (I wonder how the 
khansamas manage in the hot and rainy seasons without it), 
but a very common one, coming in early in October and leaving 
againin April. It is usually seen in open plains and scrub 
jungle; often in ploughed and young corn fields, and in grass 
meadows in the vicinity of jhils and elsewhere, always in flocks 
either large or small,and is looked upon as common property 
by almost all of. the hawk tribe. 
767.—Alauda gulgula, Jrankl. Native name— 
Chundul, 3 
The Indian Skylark is a common and. permanent resident, and 
is found in much the same localities as the last species. It also 
frequently enters grassy compounds, and is very common in all 
low-lying grassy patches, particularly in those about the 
tamarisk jungles on the Chowka and Gogra near Byramghat. 
It is a favorite song-bird with the natives, and is consequently 
very commonly caged. I have never found its nest. 
769.—Galerita cristata, Zin. Native name—Chundul. 
The Crested Lark is also a common resident, and, like the 
last species, is a favorite cage-bird. It usually frequents 
open plains, ploughed fields and dry scrub jungle, avoiding, as 
a rule, damp meadow lands. As in the case of A. gulgula, 
I have never found its nest. 
773.—Crocopus chlorigaster, Bly. Native name— 
Hurrial. 
1sé November, Male——Length, 12°75; expanse, 21°; wing, 
7°25; tail, 5°; tarsus, 1:; bill, from gape, 1:10; weight, 7°75 oz. 
* More commonly, and I think correctly, applied to Melanocorypha bimaculata.—Ha- 
