BIRDS OF EASTERN AND SOUTHERN ASIA. 



gTN. A. immaculatus, Hodgson, (in abraded plum- 

 age.) 



A. cacliareusis, Hodgson (in first plumage.) 

 From|Nepal. B. 



A. variegatus Blyth, J. A. S. XIL 958 

 (described XI. 187). Inhabits Sikkim. 



A. stropliiatus, Hodgson, J- A. S. XII. 959, 

 P. Z. S. 1845, p. 34. Inhabits Himalaya 

 generally. 



Button, J. A. S. XVIII. 

 Inhabits Tyne range, beyond Simla. 



A. mollis, Blyth, J. A. S. XIV. 581. In- 

 habits Sikkim. 



Subfam. ALAUDINiE. 

 Genus ALAUDA, L- 

 A. arvensis, L. {PL Enl. 363, f. 1). 



Vapud G. K . 

 1. J 



Gray. 



SIN. A. cotlipeta Talks. 

 A, italica, Graelin. 

 A. loiifiipes, Latham 

 A. dulcivox, Hodgson 



Inhabits Europe and Asia : Sub-Himalaya. 

 A. gulgula, Franklin. 



Stn. A. gangetica, BIytli. 

 A. gracilis, Blyth, var. 

 A. leiopus, Hodgson, Tar. 



Inhabits India generally. 

 A. malabarica, Scopoli. 



sxN. A. deva, sykes. 

 Inhabits S. India. 



Subgenus CALANDRELLA, Kaup. 



C. hrachydactyla. 



Syn. Alanda hrachydactyla. 'I'emminck. 

 A. calandrella, Bouelli. 

 A. are.naria, Stephens. 



A. dukhuneiisis, Sykes. 

 Emberizn haghaira. Franklin. 



B. olivacea, Tickell, J. A. S. H. 578. 

 Baay-geyra Lark, Latliam. 



Baghairi, H. Ortolan of Europeans in India. 

 Inhabits Europe, Asia, and N. Africa. Common 

 in India. 



C. raytal, Blyth. 

 6yn Alauda raytal, Buchanan Hamilton, J. A. S, 

 Xm. 962, XV. 40. 

 Inhabits dry sand-dunes of Ganges, Indus' 



Genus CALERIDA, Boie. 



G. chendoola. 



Skn. Alauda chendoola. Franklin. 

 A. gulgula apud Sykes. 

 Crested CaLiudre Lark, Latham. 



Chendul, H. Inhabits sandy plains of India. 



O, Boysii, Blyth- 



Stn. Certhilauda Boysii, Blytb, J. A. S. XV- *1. 

 Inhabits Bengal. 

 Genus MIRAFRA, Horsfield. 



M. Hayii, Jerdon, J. A. S. XIII. 959. In- 

 habits Coromandel Coast. 



M. affinis, Jerdon, J. A. S. XIII. 959. In- 

 habits Middle and S. India ; Ceylon. 



M. erythroptera, Jerdon, J. A. S. XIII. 958- 

 (III. Ind. Orn., pi. 38). Inhabits «. India. 



M. cantillans, Jerdon, J A. S. XIII, 960. 

 Inhabits India generally ; rare in Lower Ben- 

 gal. 



M. assamensis, McClelland, P. Z. S. 1839, 

 pi. 162. 



Syn. Alauda mirafra, Temminck (apud Jeidon, nec 

 apud G. li' Gray). 

 Finch Lark, Latham. 



Inhabits Bengal : Nepal ; Assam. 



M. 2)kcenicura, Franklin, P. Z. S. 1831, p. 

 119. Inhabits S. India. 



Genus PYKRHULAUDA, A. Smith. 



P. grisea (PZ. Col. 269, f. 2), 



Syn. Alauda grisea, Scopoli. 

 A. gingica, Gmelin. 

 Fringilla crucigera, Temminck. 



Chak BJiardi ; Dhulo Chdta, Beng. ; Decora> 

 H., vulgo ; Dubhuk Chari (' Squat Sparrow') 

 H. (Jerdon). Inhabits India generally. 



Fam. MOTACILLID^. 



Genus HETERURA, Hodgson. 



H. sylvana, Hodgson, J. A. S. XIV. 556 ; 

 P. Z. S". 1845, p. 33 (Jardine's Coutrib. Orn, 

 1848, pi. ). Inhabits Himalaya. 



Genus ANTHUS, Bechstein. 



Stib-genus Dendeonanthus, Blyth. 



D. trivialis (PI. Enl. 660. f. 1). 



6yn. Alauda trivialis, L. 

 A. minor, I3ewick. 

 Antiius arboreus, Temminck. 



Inhabits Europe and N. Asia ; Himalaya. 

 D. maculatus. 



Syn- Anthus maculalus et A. brevirostris, Hodgson. 

 Musarichi, H. (Jerdon). Inhabits India 

 generally. 



Suh-geims ANTHUS, Auct. 



A. shnilis, Jerdon (III. Ind- Orn. pi. 45). 



Syn. Agrodoma similis, Jerdon, Madr. Journ, XI, 

 35. 



Inhabits Nilgiris : N. W. Himalaya, 



A. Rickardi, Vieillot (Zooh Journ. Vol. I. 

 pi. 14). Inhabits Europe, Asia, and N. Africa, 

 Specimens from the vicinity of Cakulta. 



A . rufidus, Vieillot. 



Syn, a. agilis apud Jerdon (nec Sykes). 

 A- nialayeusis, Lyton. 

 A. pallescens apud Suudevall. 

 A prateiisis of Sumatra, Uaffles. 

 Sjleuder Lark, Latham. 



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