406 NoTES ON SOME BIRDS COLLECTED ON THE NILGHIRIS 
767 ane gulgula, Frankl.* The Indian Sky-' 
lark. 
The Skylark is very common on the Nilghiris, and occurs, but. 
less abundantly, in the Wynaad, &c, It frequents only grassy 
places and avoids cover. Its song is very fine, and long con- 
tinued, and it rises toa great height in the air. A few years ago. 
its song during the season could be heard any morning within 
the town of Ootacamund, but singe all the hills and swamps 
within the limits have been planted up with Eucalypti, the bird, 
like S. malabarica, has retreated to the outskirts of the station 
where plenty of grassy land still remains unplanted. 
The following is a resumé of a number of specimens mea- 
sured in the flesh :— 
Length, 6°5 to 6°83; expanse, 11°7 to 12°7; tail, 1°85 to 2°45; 
wing, 3°5 to 4:0; tarsus, 0°95 to 1-0; bill from gape, 0°7 to 0°75; 
weicht, 50°85 to 1°2 ozs. 
Legs, feet, claws, and lower mandible fleshy, sometimes 
more or less tinged reddish ; upper mandible dark horny brown, 
sometimes edged along commissure with pale fleshy brown ; 
irides vary from hazel to dark nut brown. 
773.—Crocopus chlorigaster, Bly. The Southern 
Green Pigeon. 
T met with this Pigeon in flocks in Seegore, and between that 
place and Bandipur in Mysore. I also noticed it on one or two 
occasions in the Wynaad. They do not differ in any particular 
in habits from C. viridifrons of Burma, of which a full account 
will be found in Vol. VI. of S. F., and they have a similar note. 
774.—Osmotreron bicincta, Jerd. The Orange- 
; breasted Green Pigeon, 
~ I did not obtain this species myself during my trip, but some 
ears ago I saw a specimen that had been shot in Charambady 
in Wynaad by Mr. F. Hodgson. 
775.—Osmotreron malabarica, Jerd. The Grey- 
fronted Green Pigeon. 
I found this Pigeon in small flocks in different parts of the 
Wynaad, and in the better wooded parts of the Mysore country, 
but nowhere very abundant. It has the same note and habits 
as the other members of the genus. It does not ascend the hills, 
nor does it frequent any but well-wooded districts. 
® This of eourse is A. australis, Brooks. Personally I concur with Davison that 
the southern hill form of gulgula scarcely, merits specific, separation.—Ep,, 8.F. 
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