134 A CONTRIBUTION TO THE ORNITHOLOGY OF GILGIT. 
September to the first week in November on its way south. 
In a dozen specimens the males have the wings 3:5 to 3°85 
inches, and the females 3:4 to 3:6. 
176.—Melanocorypha bimaculata, IWénétr. (761 ter.) 
This Lark passes through the district in small numbers on 
migration in October and March; a few pairs may remain 
with us in mild winters, as a specimen was shot in Gilgit on 
the 9th December. 
177.—Calandrella pispoletta, Pail. (762 quat ?) 
This Lark is of rare occurrence in Gilgit, and has only been 
secured during the autumn migration. I obtained one speci- 
men, a female, on the 14th November, of which I noted the 
following particulars :—-Length, 6°3 inches; wing, 4; tail, 2°7 ; 
tarsus, 0°82 : hind claw, 0°33 ; culmen, 0°47 ; secondaries short of 
longest primaries 0°75. In colour and markings this example 
is identical with the specimen described and figured by 
Dresser in the “ Birds of Kurope” as C. pispoletta, Pallas ; 
but itis to be noted that, aecording to Herr v. Homeyer 
(J. f. O., 1873, p. 197), this form is not the true Alauda 
pispoletta of Pallas, but should stand as Calandritis heinit, 
Homeyer. 
178.—Alaudula adamsi, Hume. (762 ter.) 
This species is noé found in Gilgit. I was wrong in my 
surmise (quoted by Major Biddulph) that I had obtained 
specimens of this Lark. 
179.—Otocorys penicillata, Gould. (763.) 
Very common at an elevation of 5,000 feet, from the end 
of October to the middle of April. The following are measure- 
ments of a dozen fine males:—Length, 7:3 to 7:8 inches ; 
wing, 4°55 to 4°85; tail, 3-2 to3°7; tarsus,0°8 to 09; bill 
from gape, 0°64 to 0°73. 
I wish to notice, in connexion with this species, the very 
distinct O. Jongirostris, Gould, which has been considered 
identical with O. penicillata by Messrs. Hume and Dresser. 
The accompanying woodcuts of the adult males in breeding- 
plumage of these two species will, I think, show that the birds 
are quite different. 
Otocorys longirostris does not occur in Gilgit, but is 
common at the head of the Astor valley, about eighty miles, in 
a direct line from Gilgit. The following are measurements of 
males of O. longirostris, for comparison with those given above 
of O. penicillata:—Length, 8:25 to 8°5 inches ; wing, 4°95 to: 
