1840.] of the Peninsula of India. 35 



horny above, pale fleshy below ; legs flesh coloured. Length nearly 

 7 inches; wing3-n>ths; tail about 3 ; tarsus 1; hind toe alone rVhs; 

 hind claw rather more than T Vhs ; more curved than in A. ugilis ; 

 bill to front T V l bs ; at gape ^iths. 



193. — A. similis. — New species? — Large Titlark, 



Descr. — The description of the last species will apply exactly to this 

 very similar bird, with this exception, that the centre markings of 

 the feathers are still more indistinct in this one ; and that the fawn 

 colour of the plumage beneath, extends over all the abdomen, vent, 

 and under tail coverts. It differs, however, remarkably in size and in 

 some points of structure. Length 8j inches; wing 3 T 9 ^-ths ; tail 

 •Whs ; tarsus l T ' ? th; hind toe alone T Vhs ; hind claw T %tbs ; more 

 curved than in A. rufulu. Bill at front T Vhs j at gape -^th. Besides 

 the structural differences shewn in these measurements, this differs from 

 the last in the bill being slightly curved, both at the culraen and com- 

 missure. Irides brown ; legs flesh coloured. I only once observed this 

 large Titlark in an open stony plain, there were a pair of them together, 

 and I noticed that their flight was performed somewhat differently to 

 that of the Titlarks in general, there being a more frequent flapping of 

 the wings. I found fragments of insects in the specimen 1 then procur- 

 ed. 



Genus MEGALURUS, Horsf. 

 193.— bis. — M. ruficeps, Sykes. 

 I have not hitherto observed this species. 



Sub Family PYRRHULINiE, Swains. ^J,^Ju^s^~ 

 Gen. PYRRHULAUDA— FincA/ar*. 



194. — P. cruciger. — Fringilla cruciger, Temra. P. C. 260-1. — Alauda 

 Gingica, and Duree Finch, Lath.— Emberiza Gingica, Gmel. — Decora, 

 H. vulgo. — Dubhuk Choree i. e. Squat Sparrow. — Black bellied Finch' 

 lark, or Squat Finch-Ortolan of some Europeans, 



