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Southern India, most of this tribe having a wide geographical dis- 

 tribution, and I have little doubt that it will hereafter be found 

 more widely dispersed. 



2nd.— Titlarks. 



The next group may be specially designated as the Titlarks, in 

 which the plumage of the young birds resembles that of young 

 Larks, the feathers being more on less pale edged. 



Gen. Coeydalla, Vigors. 



Char. — Bill stout ; rictal vibrissas occasionally present ; tarsi 

 moderately long. In these birds the spring moult scarcely causes 

 any change of colour from the hues of winter. 



There are two very distinct types in this genus, the first with 

 streaked plumage and long hind claw ; the other, with the plumage 

 but little streaked, and a short hind claw. 



The first species is remarkable for its very elongated hind claw, 

 approximating it to Macronyse of Africa. 



599. Corydalla Richardi, Vieillot. 



Anthus, apud Vieillot— Jeedon, Cat. 142 — Blyth, Cat. 

 755 — Horsf., Cat. 563 — Gould, Birds of Europe, pi. 135. 



The Laeoe Maesh-Pjpit. 



Descr. — Dusky brown above, the feathers edged pale olive- 

 brown; beneath, and supercilium, fulvous white, deeper on the breast 

 and flanks, paler on the belly and throat, and marked on the breast 

 and sides of the throat with a few lengthened dusky spots ; tail with 

 the terminal two-thirds of the outermost, and nearly as much of the 

 next, dull white, obliquely separated from the dusky colour of the 

 base. The summer plumage is darker, the edgings more distinct. 



Bill dusky above, yellow at base of lower mandible, and more or 

 less to the tip ; legs yellowish brown ; soles bright yellow ; inside 

 of mouth also bright yellow ; irides brown. Length 1\ to 8 

 inches; extent 12^ ; wing 3 T ° n ; tail 3^ ; tarsus 1£; bill at front 

 r 9 ^ ; hind claw y 6 ^ to f . 



The young bird has the feathers edged whitish, and is of the 

 same tint beneath, with very faint spots. Mr. Blyth remarks that it 



