562 Mr. W. Jesse on the 
and, I should thinly, very uncommon. My bird {$') was 
shot on the banks of the Goomti, Jan. 1, 1898. 
No. 840. Anthus trivialis. Tree-Pipit. 
Common during the cold weather. Frequents the same 
localities as the next species, from which it is difficult to 
distinguish it, unless the bird is in the hand. 
No. 841. Anthus maculatus. Indian Tree-Pipit. 
Very common during the cold weather, some individuals 
remaining until the end of May. They occur in parties, not 
only in the fields, but also in mango-topes, where they are 
very abundant, flying up into trees when anyone approaches. 
They feed chiefly on the ground, but also on trees. 
No. 844. Anthus similis. Brown Pock-Pipit. 
A cold-weather visitor, not uncommonly met with on 
ploughed land or on waste ground round j heels and in 
similar localities. 
No. 847. Anthus rufulus. Indian Pipit. 
A common and permanent resident, being found indis- 
criminately in cultivated tracts, open plains, paddy-fields, 
and dhak -jungle. I have found the nest twice : once in 
February, with four young, and again on the 31st of March, 
with four fresh eggs. Both nests were in the stumps of 
patowal grass, which had been cut down by thatchers. They 
were neatly-made structures of grass, lined with hair, but fell 
to pieces on being lifted up. The eggs were greyish white, 
spotted with brown. 
Average of 4 Lucknow eggs '78" x '57" 
Measurement of largest egg '79" X '57" 
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smallest ^gg •77"x '57" 
No. 859. ^Melanocorypha bimaculata. Eastern Calandra 
Lark. 
The only specimen that I know of as being recorded from 
Lucknow is one that J. Green, one of the Martiniere College 
boys, purchased from a bird-catcher. The man stated that it 
had been captured on one of the open maidans or plains 
close to the citv. The bird became very tame and used to 
