54 SECOND YARKAND MISSION. 



102. Calandrella acutihosteis. 



Calandrella hrachydactyla (nee LeisL), Hume & Renders. Lahore to Yark. p. 264 (1873) ; Scully Str 

 R iv. p. 172 (1876) ; Wardlaw Ramsay, Ibis, 1880, p. 67. ^ . ■ 



Calandrella acutirostris, Hume, in Lahore to Yark. p. 265 (1873) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xiii. p. 585 

 (1890) ; Gates, Faun. Brit. Ind., Birds, ii. p. 327 (1890). 



No. 428. Tasbgam, August 17, 1873. 



Nos. 539, 566, 593, 598, 600. Leh, August 27-31, 1873. 



No. 587. Leh, August 30, 1873. — Bill dark homy along the ridge, yellowish at the sides • 



feet pale dusky horny; tarsi fleshy brownish ; iris brown. Length 6-6 inches wino* 



3-82, tail 2-75, tarsus 0'8. ' "" 



Nos. 623, 629. Leh, September 4, 1873. 

 No. 649. Leh, September 8, 1873. — Bill dusky horny along the ridge and on tip, the 



rest fleshy brown ; feet dusky ; tarsi fleshy brown ; iris brown. 

 No. 745. Lukung, September 19, 1873. 

 No 829. Nubra Valley, October {Dr, Bellew). 

 No. 907. Sanju, October 28, 1873. 

 No. 1470. Panjah, April 16, 1874.— Iris dark brown ; bill livid, pale dusky horny along 



the culmen ; feet dusky white ; soles fleshy white. Length 6'1 inches, wing 3-5, tail 



2-2, tarsus 0-83. 

 No. 1604. Sarikol, May 9, 1874. 



" Eggs very small yet." 

 No. 1605. Sarikol, May 9, 1874. Bill dusky brown, pale yellowish at base ; feet light 



brown ; iris dark brown. Length 6*7 inches, wing 3-8, tail 2*65, tarsus 077. 



Dr. Stoliczka states that this Lark was common near Lukung in September. Birds in 

 breeding-plumage were got at Sarikol on the 9th of May, and in Dr. Stoliczka's opinion 

 would have laid in about a fortnight. 



Dr. Henderson did not distinguish between this species and C. tibetana, but his specimens 

 show to which Lark the following note is to be referred :— " Several specimens of this species 

 were obtained in Kashmir and Ladak, in both of which localities it may prove to breed, and 

 numerous nestlings were procured near Balakchi and along the Karakash between the 31st 

 of July and the 5th of August." Dr. Scully obtained the species in the same district, and he 

 writes :—'' It was only observed at Balakchi, and for a short distance along the Karakash 

 Eiver (elevation 12,000 feet), where it had evidently been breeding. The birds were numerous 

 on the alluvial plains between Shahidiila and Balakchi, and they ran about swiftly amono* the 

 stones, flying off in flocks when alarmed. They uttered a short twittering note, and their 

 flight was wavy, somewhat resembling that of a Wagtail." 



Genus ALAUDULA, 



103. Alaudula seeeohmi. 



Alaudula pispoletta (nee Pall.), Scully, Str. F. iv. p. 173 (1876). 



t Alaudula pispoletta, Bidd. Ibis, 1881, p. 89. 



Alaudula seebohmi, Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xiii. p. 590 (1890) 



