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64. OTOCORIS ALPESTRIS NIGRIFRONS PrzewaUki 



OtoGoris nigrifrons Pezewai^ski, Mongol i Strana Tangut, vol. 2, 1876, p. 103 

 (Kansu, Kokonor, Zaidam, and northern Tibet; type locality restricted by 

 Bangs and Peters^ to grasslands about Lake Kokonor), 



One immature female, 40 mile's west of Sining, Kansu, August 15 ; 

 one adult and two immature males, southeast corner of Lake Koko- 

 nor, Tibet, August 14. 



The only adult in the above series has a longer culmen than any in 

 the series identified as 0. a hrandti from further east, and has the 

 back darker and the black band across the forehead somewhat 

 broader. 



One of the immatures from Lake Kokonor is still in the spotted 

 plumage. 



The adult measures : Wing 115 ; culmen, 15 mm. 



65. ALAUDA ARVENSIS INTERMEDIA Swinhoe 



Alauda intermedia Swinhoe, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1863, p. 89 (Shanghai). 

 One female, Paotow, Inner Mongolia, March 19. 



66. CALANDRELLA MINOR KUKUNOORENSIS (Przewalski) 



Alaud^ula kukunoorensis Przewalski, Mongol i Strana Tangut, vol. 2, 1876, p. 

 103 (Kukunor and Tsai-dam) ; Rowley's Orn. Miscel., vol. 2, 1877, p. 316 

 (transl.). 



One female and one unsexed, 92 and 107 miles northwest of Paotow, 

 Inner Mongolia, April 2 and 3; one female, 55 miles northwest of 

 Ninghsia, Kansu, May 1. 



The above specimens have considerably longer wings and heavier 

 bills than birds from northeast China {O. m. cheleensis). They do 

 not seem to be very different in color. ' 



67. GALERIDA CRISTATA RETRUSA Bangs and Peters 



Galerida cristata retrusa Bangs and Petees, Bull, Mus. Comp. Zool., vol. 68, 

 1928, p. 370 (Kanchow plain, foot of the northern Kanchow Nanshan). 



Two males, Paotow, March 19; 1 female, 10 miles northwest, 

 March 27 ; 3 males, 157 miles west-northwest, April 10 ; and 2 males, 

 120 miles west of Paotow, Inner Mongolia, October 21. 



These average larger and somewhat lighter than birds from 

 eastern China {G. c. leautungensis) . If these are correctly identi- 

 fied, they constitute a considerable extension eastwards of the known 

 range of the form. 



68. GALERmA CRISTATA LEAUTUNGENSIS (Swinhoe) 



Alauda leautungensis Swinhoe, Ibis, 1861, p. 256 (Talienwan, Prov. Liautung). 

 One male, Eastern Tombs, Chihli, December 12. 



^Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., vol. 68, 1928, p. 370. 

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