1869.] of Central, Western and Southern India. 188 ■ 



591 . Motacilla personata, Gould and m. duklranensis, 



vera Sykes (not of Jerdon). I obtained both these races in the Cen- 

 tral Provinces. The former I only shot, at and near Nagpur, in 

 December and January, the latter both near Nagpur and also near 

 Chanda in March. -As I was then on the look out for specimens in 

 breeding plumage, and shot those with most black about the head, I 

 should not, I think, have overlooked M. personata, had it occurred. 

 The two are not very difficult to distinguish even in winter plumage. 



In Bombay and at Khandalla, in October and November, I only 

 met with M. duhhwiensis. In this race, the black cap in the male is 

 persistent. 



I am unable to distinguish birds shot in Abyssinia from M. dultlm- 

 nensis. 



Captain Beavan's XJmballa and Simla Motacilla luzoniensis, Ibis, 

 1868, pp. 76, 77, is probably M. personata. 



The distribution of these races of Motacilla is very singular and 

 deserves most careful observation. In some cases the migratory forms 

 of Bengal are the same as those of Burmah and China, and distinct 

 from those of Western and Southern India, as in the two forms of 

 Mrytlirosterna and probably in some other instances, but here is the 

 apparent case of a third race intervening, for hitherto Motacilla per- 

 sonata does not appear to have been detected either in Bengal or 

 Bombay. 



602. Agrodroma campestris, L. 

 604. A. sordida, Ruppeii. 



I obtained both of these large pipits near Nagpur. The last named 

 appeared to be the commoner, and I frequently saw it in stubble fields 

 of " Thur" or " arhar" {Gay anus indicus) and similar places. 



768. Alauda Malabarica? Scop. This bird is very im- 

 perfectly described. I found a crested lark abundant at Khandalla, 

 which I at first thought was Galerida Boysii of Blyth, as the measure- 

 ments agreed, although the coloration is different from that of G. cris- 

 tata. But I find the type of G. Boysii is still in the Asiatic 

 Society's collection, and that it has precisely the plumage and bill of 

 G. cristata. 



On shewing the Khandalla lark to Dr. Jerdon, he immediately re- 

 cognised it as the bird he had identified with Sonnerat's alonette 



