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OTOCOEYS PENICILLATA. 



(EASTERN SHORE-LARK.) 



Alauda penicillata, Gould, Pr. Zpol. Soc. 1837, p. 126. 

 "PMleremos scriba, Gould," Bp. Comp. List, p. 37. no. 254 (1838). 

 Otocoris penicillata (Gld.), Gray, Gen. of B. ii. p. 382, pi. 92 (1844). 

 "Alauda albigula, Brandt," Bp. Consp. Gen. Av. i. p. 246 (1850). 

 Otocoris albigula (Brandt), Bp. torn. cit. p. 246 (1850). 

 Otocoris scriba (Gould), Bp. torn. cit. p. 246 (1850). 

 PMleremos albigula (Brandt), C. L. Brehm, Vogelfang, p. 123 (1855). 

 Otocoris longirostris, Moore, Pr. Zool. Soc. 1855, p. 215, pi. 111. 

 Otocoris larvata, De Filippi, Arch, per la Zool. ii. fasc. ii. p, 381 (1863). 

 Otocoris elwesi, Blanf. P. As. Soc. Beng. 1871, p. 227. 



Figures notabiles. 

 Gray, I. c. ; Moore, I. c. 



<S ptil. test. 0. alpestri similis, sed corpore supra pallidiore : linea ad basin maxillse, loris, pileo pone fasciam 

 frontalem albam, plumis elongatis supra oeulos, faciei lateribus, gutture et pectore nigris, gula sola, 

 fascia frontalis linea superciliari et regione parotica, pure albis nee flavo lavatis, facile distinguendus. 



5 mari similis sed sordidior et brunnescentior, fronte nigra fusco immixto, pileo non nigro sed rufescenti-fusco, 

 saturate fusco striate, pectore lateraliter brunnescente notato. 



Ptil. Mem. corpore supra brunneseentiore et arenaceo lavato, plumis nigris in capite et collo et plumis albis in 

 fascia frontali omnibus brunnescente arenaceo valde marginatis, hypochondriis superioribus et pectore 

 imo pallide brunnescente cervino lavatis. 



Adult Male in summer (S.E. Persia, 2nd May). Resembles Otocorys alpestris, but has the upper parts 

 paler, the black on the throat and breast much more extended, and the white portions are without 

 any yellow tinge ; in front of the white forehead a black line passes over the base of the bill, joining 

 the lores ; upper parts of the breast, sides of the neck and face, throat, excepting a patch covering the 

 chin and upper part of the throat, jet-black, the patch just mentioned being pure white ; tufts above 

 the eye are exceedingly long, measuring at least 1*2 inch in length; soft parts as in 0. alpestris. Total 

 length about 7 inches, culmen - 72, wing 4 - 6, tail 33, tarsus 0'85, hind toe with claw 062, hind 

 claw 0-35. 



Adult Female (S.E. Persia, 2nd May). Duller and browner in colour than the male ; the black line on the 

 forehead intermixed with brown, the white frontal patch dirty in colour, the black on the crown 

 wanting, the head above being light reddish brown, striped with dark brown ; the tufts on each side 

 of the head, however, are long and black ; black on the breast not covering quite so large an area as in 

 the male, and on the sides of the neck and face intermixed with brownish feathers. 



Male in winter. Differs from the summer plumage in being rather more faded and more sandy in colour ; 

 the black and the white feathers on the crown and the black feathers on the fore part of breast mar- 



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