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ALAUDIN^. 



Mirafra erythroptera, Jerd. Ill.Ind. Om. pi. 38; id. Birds Ind. 

 ii. p. 418, No. 756; Mm-ray, Hdbk., Zool., Sfc, Sind, p. 185.— The 

 Eed-winged Bush-Laek. 



Head, back, scapulars, rump and upper tail-coverfcs fulvous brown ; 

 feathers of the head (coronal) lengthened, tinged rufeacent and, like 

 those of the upper parts, mesially streaked with dark brown ; eye- 

 streak and superciliutn fulvous white ; ear-coverts fulvous brown, very 

 slightly tinged with rufescent; wing-coverts, dusky brown, edged with 

 fulvous or rufescent brown ; primaries rufous on their outer webs, and 

 dark shafted; the inner web of the second primary rufous for about 

 one-half its length at the base, the other half dusky, the dusky tips 

 growing less in extent on the others, and in some specimens reduced 

 to a minute shaft-streak on the secondaries; tertials dusky brown, 

 broadly edged with rufous ; tail dark brown, the centre feathers pale 

 sandy brown, with slightly rufous edgings, and the outer web of the 

 outermost feather white; chin and throat white; sides of the throat 

 fulvous white, the feathers edged brown, forming two bands frgni the 

 base of the lower mandible to the sides of the neck ; breast and under 

 parts white or fulvous white, spotted with dark brown; bill horny; 

 legs pale brown ; irides light brown. 



Length. — 5'25 to 5'5 inches, wing 3'2, tail 2, bill at front 0'4. 



Hah. — Sind, Punjab, N. W. Provinces, Oudh, Bengal, Central India, 

 Kutch, Kattiawar, Rajputana, Guzerat, Concan and the Deccan ; affecting 

 low jungle, bare plains, or the vicinity of cultivation. 



Gen. Ammomaiies. — Oab. 



Bill as in the last; but longer and more compressed; 1st quill minute; 

 2nd shorter than the third, which, and the fourth, are equal and longest; 

 tertiaries shorter than the secondaries; tail long; hind claw long and 

 curved. 



Ammomanes lusitania, Gm. Syst. Nat. ii. p. 798 ; Hume, Str. F. 

 i. p. 211; Murray, Hdhh., Zool., ^c, Sind, p. 185; Gray, Handlist 

 Birds, No. 7808. Ammomanes lusitanica, (Gm.) Jerd. B. Tnd. ii. p. 422, 

 No. 759; Tern. P. G. 2M, 2. Ammomanes deserti, Lic/ii.; Blf. East. 

 Pers. p. 245. Ammomanes isabellina, Tern. Gul. PI. 244, f. 2; Gould. 

 Birds Eur. pi. 163. — The Pale Rdfous Finch-Lark. 



Top of head, nape, back, scapulars, rump and upper tail-coverts 

 earthy greyish brown, slightly tinged with rufescent on the rump; 

 feathers round the eye, as well as a line from the nostrils to the eye, and 

 at the gape, fulvous white ; a faint streak in front of the eye in the 

 middle of the white line ; cheeks and ear-coverts like the back ; chin, 

 throat and breast fulvous or greyish white, with a few dusky streaks 

 on the breast ; rest of lower surface rufescent brown ; wing-coverts 

 like the back, with paler edges and dark shaft-streaks ; primaries and 

 secondaries dusky, margined on the outer and inner webs with pale 

 rufous, the tips fulvous white ; tail brown; the outer web of the outer- 

 most, and its basal half, pale rufous, the others narrowly margined and 

 tipped paler ; bill dusky ; base of lower mandible yellowish ; legs 

 pale brown. 



