274 FURTHER NOTES ON THE BIRDS OF GILGIT. 
175.—Calandrella brachydactyla, Levs/. (761.) 
I procured numerous specimens from the Deosai plain in 
July, and from the Shandur plateau in August. It appears 
to breed in both places. Five specimens, procured in Astor, 
and higher up the Indus, near Iskardo, appear paler than 
others. 
176.—Melanocorypha bimaculata, Ménétr. (761 ter.) 
During the last winter Iwas at Gilgit this species was 
common from the 10th November to 21st December. 
179.—Otocorys penicillata, Gould. (763.) 
I obtained three adult specimens and a number of young 
birds from the Shandur plateau in August, which is, no doubt, 
a breeding-ground of the species. The young are spotted, 
like the young of other species of Otocorys. They appeared 
in Gilgit for the first time on 14th October, and in consi- 
derable numbers. My specimens of O. longirostris completely 
bear out Dr. Scully’s remarks (JZbis, 1881, p. 580). I first 
procured the species in the Pangong district in 1873, and 
later on the Burzil pass in 1876 and succeeding years. I 
have six males and two females from the latter place, three 
males and four females from the Deosai plain, and three males 
and three females from the high ground between Gilgit and 
Darel, but from the Darel side of the watershed, so it cannot 
be counted among the Gilgit species. None of these speci- 
mens could possibly be mistaken for O. penicillata. The 
Horned Larks are excellent eating. 
189.—Turtur ferrago, Eversm. (792.) 
I obtained young birds of this species, in Gilgit, as late as 
19th October. 
191.—Turtur cambayensis, Gmel. (794.) 
I procured altogether four specimens of this Dove, two in 
January, one in March, and one in October. In all, the 
rump and upper tail-coverts are brown, like the back. 
192.—Turtur suratensis, Gmel. (795.) 
I procured specimens of this Dove from the 7th October 
to 18th April. 
192 a.—Turtur humilis, Tem. (797 bis.) 
A single specimen, a male, was brought to me on 23rd 
June by a native, who shot it in the middle of Gilgit, and said 
that he had seen a pair of them. The measurements were as 
