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93. Oreocorys si/lvanus. — The Upland Pipit. [853]. 



I have never personally observed this species in Baluchistan, but there is 

 a specimen, said to be of this species, and shot at Quetta, in the MacMahon 

 Museum at Quetta. 



94. Alaemon desertorum. — The Desert Lark. [854]. 



Found sparingly throughout Baluchistan at all seasons and certainly 

 breeds there. I saw one in the winter of 1911-12 in the Quetta Valley, 

 and I obtained a fine male specimen in the Upper Zhob Valley in April 

 1891. 



95. Melanocorypha bimaculata. — The Eastern Calandra Lark. [859]. 

 Frequents the Quetta Valley in summer and I think breeds there, 



though I never found a nest. There is one specimen in the MacMahon 

 Museum at Quetta. 



96. Alauda gulfjula.- — ^The Indian Sky-Lark. [861]. 



Common in Baluchistan, and certainly breeds there. Marshall records 

 that Alanda arvensis is common in the Quetta Valley. I think it is prob- 

 able, that both species ai-e common as they are so much alike as to be 

 almost indistinguishable one from the other. 



97. Calandrella acutirostris. — Hume's Short-toed Lark. [861], 



Common in the Quetta Valley, more so in winter than in summer, but 

 I think it probably breeds in Baluchistan. I obtained a good specimen 

 on August 7th, 1913, near the Nar reservoir, west of the Hunna Valley, 

 and about 6 miles from Quetta. Marshall records that Calandrella brachy- 

 dactyla is common round Quetta in the winter, so I think that probably 

 both species are common. 



98. Galerita cristata. — The Crested Lark. [874]. 



Very common in Baluchistan at all seasons, and breeds there. 1 found 

 many nests, one found on May 11th, 1912, had 5 eggs in it which I took. I 

 shot the male bird near the nest, and preserved the skin. There is one 

 specimen of this species in the MacMahon Museum at Quetta. 



99. Ammomanes phcenicicroides . — The Desert Finch-Lark. [878]. 



Common throughout the foot-hills stretching from the mountain ranges 

 into the open valleys of Baluchistan, at all seasons of the year. It also 

 certainly breeds in Baluchistan, though I never succeeded in finding a 

 nest. I obtained a specimen of this species above the Staff College, and 

 below Kitchener Hill, about 3 miles from Quetta on August 7th, 1913. 



