1840.] 



of the Peninsula of India. 



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

 7 inches ; wing SyV^is ; tail about 3 j tarsus 1 ; hind toe alone f^ths j 

 hind claw rather more than tVths ; more curved than in A, agilis ; 

 bill to front ^hs ; at gape -^|ths. 



193. — J. similis. — New species? — Large Tklarfc, 



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 j 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 8^ inches; wing 3y8_ths j tail 

 •}_6_ths; tarsus IjV^h; hind toe alone /o-ths; hind claw y'^^ths; more 

 curved than in A, rufbila. Bill at front -i\ths ; at gape r*o th. Besides 

 the structural differences shewn in these measurements, this differs from 

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

 missure. Irides brown 5 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 I then procur- 

 ed. 



Genus MEGALURUS, Horsf, 



193. ~bis.— Jf. rujiceps, Sykes, 



I have not hitherto observed this species. 



Sub Family PYRRHULIN^, Swains. 

 Gen. PYRRHULAUDA.-if?«cA/ar^. 



194. — P. cruciger. — Fringilla cruciger^ Temm. P. C. 260-1.-— /tf/aMtftf 

 Cingicaf and Duree Finchf Laih,— Emberiza Gingica, Gmel. — Decora, 

 H. mlgo. — Dubhuk Choree i. e. Squat Sparrow,^Black bellied Finch' 

 lurkt ov Squat Finch'Ortolan of some Europeans, 



