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and one female. The female measures slightly smaller than the 
males, so I give them separately :— 
Males.—Length, 5:7 to 6:05 ; expanse, 11°1; tail, 2°1 to 2°2 ; 
wing, 3°3 to 3°4 ; tarsus, 0°7 to 0°75 ; bill from gape, 0°6; weight, 
0:75 oz. 
Female.—Length, 5:5; expanse, 10:4; tail, 1°85; wing, 
3°1; tarsus, 0°8; bill from gape, 0°6 ; weight, 0°7 oz. 
Lower mandible, and upper mandible along commissure, legs, 
feet, and claws, fleshy, sometimes more or less tinged with 
brown; rest of upper mandible horny brown; irides vary from 
sienna to cinnamon brown. 
765 bis.—Spizalauda malabarica, Scop. The Large 
Crown-crest. 
- This species replaces the last on the hills; it is not uncommon 
on the plateau of the Nilghiris, frequenting the grassy hills 
in pairs or small parties, most usually the latter. It is a per- 
manent resident there, or more correctly a great proportion 
are permanent residents, for I once during my trip came across 
a flock of about thirty a few miles from Gundalupet ; they kept 
together, and seemed very unsettled in their movements. I 
shot some to make quite sure that they were S. malabarica. 
Whether they were migrating to or from the hills I cannot 
say. This was onthe 23rd of May. This was the only time 
that I have seen them away from the hills. They avoid the 
vicinity of cover as arule. A few years ago they were common 
on many of the grassy hills and downs in the town of Oota- 
camund, but since these have been planted with trees and 
shrubs, the Larks have quite deserted them, and taken themselves 
off to the outskirts of the town where lots of grass land still 
remains untouched. They have the usual habits of the true Sark, 
and their song is much more powerful than that of the preced- 
ing species, but not so prolonged as that of A. gulgula, nor 
do they rise so high in the air as this last named species. 
The following is a resumé of the dimensions taken in the 
flesh of a number of specimens, the males being a little larger 
than the female, but the sexes not differing in the colors of. the 
soft parts :— 
Males.—Length, 6°4 to 6°6; expanse, 12°2 to 12°75; tail, 
2°2 to 2°4; wing, 4:0 to 4:12; tarsus, 0°98; bill from gape, 
0°71 to 0:72; weight, 1:2 to 1:25 oz. 
Females.—Length, 6:1 to 6:2; expanse, 11°6 to 12:0; tail, 
1:9 to 2:0; wing, 3°5 to 3°8; tarsus, 0°98; bill from gape, 0°7 
to 0°71; weight, 1°12 to 1:2 oz. 
Lower mandible and upper mandible along commissure, 
legs, feet, and claws pale fleshy brown; rest of upper mandible 
dark borny brown; irides vary from wood to cinnamon brown. 
