50 SECOND TAEKAND MISSION. 



streaking of its head shows decided approach to nuptial dress, yet the forehead, sides of 

 face, and throat are decidedly tinged with yellow, as in autumn. 



Nos. 1502, 1508, 1509, c^ . Panjah, April 14-23.— Wing ld-65-4i-8 inches. 



No. 1503, 9 ad. Wing 4-4 inches. 



In spring plumage without a trace of the winter markings, all of which have 

 disappeared by the shedding of the edges to the feathers. I must confess that in 

 full plumage the pale race of Horned Lark approaches more nearly to 0. penicillata, 

 but it never quite loses the ochraceous tint which is the distinguishing character of 

 the race. 



Dr. Stoliczka's ' Diary ' states that this species was not uncommon near Oi-tograk on the 

 3rd of November. Near Yangihissar it was very common early in December. At Tashkiir- 

 ghan he notes : — " Otocoris comes up here, I suppose to breed." 



Dr. Scully procured specimens in the desert between Sulik Aziz Langar and Sanju, in 

 August, at the foot of the hills, and in the mountains it was observed in some most desolate 

 places, even at elevations of about 17,000 feet. He states that it was common in Eastern 

 Turkestan in winter, frequenting the open bare steppes. " When riding out of Kashghar, on 

 the journey to Yarkand, for instance, Galerita magna would at first be very numerous about 

 habitations, .&c. ; then on the borders of cultivation G. magna and the present species would 

 be found together, overlapping as it were ; while a little further on, on the stony steppe, 

 G. magna would cease and be replaced entirely by Otocorys. At the approach of summer 

 the species under consideration quits the plains for the surrounding hills, whither it repairs 

 to breed. The Turki name is ' Kara Kash Toghai,' L e. ' Black-browed Lark.' It is also 

 sometimes called ' Sai Toghai,'^' Steppe Lark.' " 



95. Otocohys elwesi. 



Otocorys elwesi, Blanford, J. A. ^S. Eeng. xh. p. 62 (1872) ; Severtz. Ibis, 1883, p. 61 ; Sharpe, Cat. B. 



Brit. Mus. xiii. p. 534 (1890) ; Gates, Faun. Brit. Ind., Birds, ii. p. 321 (1890). 

 Otocorys longirostris (nee Moore) ; Hume & Henders. Lahore to Yark. p. 267 (1873) ; Dresser, Ibis, 1876 



p. 181. ' ' ' 



No. 650, S ad. North of Leh, September 8, 1873.— Culmen 0-55 inch, wing (moulting) 4-1. 



No. 776, 6 ad. Chagra, September 21, 1873.— Culmen 0*55 inch, wing 4*65. 



No. 810, 6 ad. North of Suget Pass, October 16, 1873.— Wing 4*6 inches. 



No. 940, 6 ad. Karghalik, November 6, 1873.— Culmen 0*6 inch, wing 4-3. 



6 ad. Aktagh, June 14, 1874.-Culmen 0-55 inch, wing 4-45. Iris hazel; bill bluish 



black, albescent at base of lower mandible ; feet fleshy-brownish black, the soles 



albescent. 



9 ad Aktagh, June 14, 1874.-Oulmen 0-5-0-55 inch, wing 4-3. Iris dark hazel ; bill 

 bluish dusky, paler at base of lower mandible ; feet fleshy dark brown, the tarsi paler 

 behind, soles albescent. 



In Dr. Stoliczka's ' Diary ' occurs the following note :— « Wahabjilga, June 14 1874 I 

 shot several specimens of an Otocorys which is as small as 0. penicillata, but has the black 

 divided at the sides of the throat like 0. longirostris. Is this not 0. elwesi of Blanford '^ I 

 have not seen it north of Aktagh. It is evidently the same which Biddulph shot last year at 

 Kizil Jilga. I am not sure whether it is not a permanent inhabitant of the hills while 





