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No. 947, c?. Karghalik, November 5, 1873.— Bill dusky bluish pale; feet fleshy; iris 



brown. Length 6*75 inches, wing 4-05, tail 2'93, tarsus 0-8. 

 Nos. 1045, 1051, 1054, 1055, 1057. Yarkand, November 24, 1873. 

 Nos. 1131, 1139, 1140, 1145, 1153, 1154, 1166. Kashghar, December 10-19, 1873. 

 No. 1213. Kashghar, January 20, 1874.— Bill pale greenish; feet light dusky brown; 



iris dark hazel. Length 6*5 inches, wing 3*75, tail 275, tarsus 0-8. 

 Nos. 1324, 1325. Kashghar, February 9, 1874. 

 No. 1835. Kugiar, June 1, 1874. 



Colonel Biddulph procured specimens at Yangihissar on the 2nd of December, and at 

 Kashghar in January. He states that the species was very common in the plains of Yarkand, 

 durmg the winter at any rate. Dr. Scully writes :— " This species is a permanent resident in 

 the plains of Kashgharia, where it breeds. It is much less common than Galerita magna, 

 and is rather shy. It is usually found at some distance from habitations, frequenting waste 

 sandy tracts and ground covered with efflorescence. It is a very whitish, desert-looking sort 

 of bird, and a sweet songster, rising high in the air, and remaining fixed in one spot while it 

 utters its note. In June, when it breeds, it is usually noticed about in pairs. The Turki 

 name for this species is Chulan togJiai, the word Toghai meaning ' Lark.' " 



The Rev. Dr. Lansdell has more recently obtained the present species near Aksu. Dr. 

 Henderson also got an immature specimen on the Karakash River. 



Genus GALERITA. 



104. Galerita magna. 



Galerita magna, Hume, Ibis, 1871, p. 407 ; id. & Henders. Lahore to Yark. p. 270, pi. xxx. (1873) ; 

 Severtz. Str. F. iii. p. 424 (1875) ; Scully, Str. F. iv. p. 175 (1876) ; Menzbier, Ibis, 1885, p. 354 ; 

 Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xiii. p. 632, sub G. cristata (1890) ; Gates, Faun. Brit. Ind., Birds ii 

 p. 337 (1890). 



No. 889. Sanju, October 27, 1873. 



No. 893, 6 . Sanju, October 28, 1873.— Length 8 inches, wing 4-53, tail 2*85, tarsus 1 ; 



expanse 14*4; bill from front 0-68, from gape 0*9; length of foot 1-6. Iris brown; 



bill greenish horny, pale below ; feet whitish, with a greenish horny tinge. 

 No. 894, 2 . Sanju, October 28, 1873.— Length 7'65 inches, wing 4*2, tail 2-6, tarsus 0*95 ; 



expanse 13; bill from gape 0'82 ; length of foot 1-72. Iris brown; bill yellowish 



pale brown, pale below^ ; feet whitish, with a slight greenish horny tinge. 

 Nos. 895, 896, 897, 898, 901, 902, 906, 909. Sanju, October 28, 1873. 

 No. 923. Sanju, October 29, 1873. 

 No. 993. Yarkand, November 10, 1873. 

 Nos. 1104, 1112. Yangihissar, December 2, 1873. 

 Nos. 1236, 1239. Maralbashi, January 1874. 

 Nos. 1301, 1303. Kashghar, February 3, 1874. 

 No. 1373. Jigda, February 21, 1874. 

 No. 1738. Yarkand, May 15-20, 1874. 



In the ' Catalogue of Birds ' (vol. xiii. p. 626), I have shown that it is impossible to draw a 

 line of distinction between the Crested Lark of Europe and the large pale race of Central Asia, 



