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obtained it would unquestionably deserve specific separation. 
Comparing it with a very large series of speciraens, both 
European and Indian, it has the bill conspicuously longer, 
sharper, and more slender. So far as general appearance, 
legs, feet, and wings are concerned, it corresponds exactly 
with other specimens. If distinct, it might bear the 
specific name of C. acutirostris [nobis), and the nestlings may 
probably, some of them, belong to this species. [_A. O. H.~\ 
761 {ter). Melanocorypha torquata* (Blyth). (PI. xxvii.) 
A single specimen of this species was obtained on the 
return journey at the foot of the hills leading from Kashmir 
to the plains of the Panjab. [G. H.] 
The Bokhara, or Bugheira Lark, as it is commonly 
called, swarms during the cold season all over the Trans- 
Sutlej districts of the Panjab and N. Western Rajpootana; 
and a certain number, finding their way further down, are 
met with in regularly decreasing numbers as one proceeds 
southwards and eastwards in the Cis-Sutlej Panjab, the 
Doab as far down as Futtehpoor and Southern Rohilcund. 
Dry, sandy cultivated lands, sparingly covered with the 
stubble of the rain crops, the giant and bullrush Millets 
{Holcus sorghum and Pencilaria spicata) are what they 
afi^ect. 
They have a very loud and sweet note, and are, I can 
* 761 {ter). Melanocorypha torquata. 
Dimensions. — (The males are larger than the females). Length, 
7'06 to 8 ; expanse, 13'13 to 15-25 ; wing, 4-2 to 4-8. The second 
primary is the longest, the first is sub-equal to 0*2 shorter, the third is 
from 013 to 0*3 shorter, and the fourth from 0*5 to 07 shorter. Tail 
from vent, from 2*12 to 2'4. Tarsus, 1 to I'l. Foot, greatest length, 
from 1-6 to 1*95 ; greatest width, from 107 to 1*45 ; mid-toe to root of 
claw, 0"62 to 0*7 ; its claw, straight to root of point, 0 2 to 0 32 ; hind 
toe, 0"38 to 0*46 ; its claw, 0"45 to 0*6, in single specimen, 0"8. Bill, 
straight from forehead to point, 0 6 to 0'7 ; from gape, 0 7 to 0*9 ; height 
at front, 0 2 to 0 25. The closed wings fall short of end of tail by from 
0-38 to 0-87. Weight from 1-25 oz. to 213 oz. 
Description. — Legs and feet fleshy or yellowish fleshy, more or less 
dusky at joints ; claws dusky ; irides brown, in some light brown. 
Bill, horny brown, or blackish horny on upper mandible, lower mandible 
greenish horny changing to yellow at base and gape. 
