30 Catalogue of the Birds [Jan. 



183.— E. sub-cristata, Sykes' Cat— Crested brown Bunting. 



I have not hitherto been fortunate enough to observe either of these 

 species of Bunting. 



Sub Family ALAUDIN^E— Larks. 

 Genus ALAUDA, L.— True Larlcs. 



There is great difficulty in making out the species of this genus 

 from description (unless they are very minutely described both as to 

 structure and colour), as they are all clothed in such similar plumage, 

 and i do not feel confident that I am referring the species I have ob- 

 served to their proper places, and therefore wish that my remarks may 

 only be considered as an approximation to the truth, till the specimens 

 have been examined and compared at home. 



184.— .4. Gulgida, Frankl.— Sykes' Cat. ? 



The only specimens I possess, of what I consider to be this bird, were 

 shot on the Neilglterries, where they are very abundant. Colonel Sykes 

 says this is the chundoola of India, but the bird which is so frequently 

 caged and kept by natives under that name, answers more to the descrip- 

 tion of his ' A. Deva'. One of my specimens differs slightly from the 

 others in having the tail feathers more acuminated, a rather longer 

 beak, and longer wing. This specimen agrees with the measurements of 

 Colonel Sykes, viz. total leng h G y-g- inches ; tail 2 -jV ns > wni g °f l ^ xs 

 3 _8_ths. Of another specimen the tail is only 2 inches, and the wing 

 3 T 6 ths. In both the hind toe alone is y^ths ; hind claw T V' 1S ; nearly 

 straight. Whether these differences are accidental or not, I shall 

 not here attempt to determine. I rides brown. Chief food grasshoppers, 

 tipulce, and other insects. 



1S5. — » A chendoola, Frankl. — A. Gulgula, Sykes? — Aggun, II. 



I do not possess a specimen of this bird, but have seen and cursorily 

 examined some living birds lately. The Aggun of India is very com- 

 mon in the Carnatic, and also in the Northern Circars, I believe, but is 

 rarely, if at all, met with on the great table land of Southern India. 

 Having neglected to obtain specimens whilst in the Carnatic, I cannot 

 give my minute details regarding i>. Its shade of plumage is less 

 rufous and more grey than that of the last, or of the next species : the 



