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dark streak through them plainer, and the supercilium much 
whiter, broader, and longer. The claws are on the whole 
I think, a little longer, but the length of these, especially of 
the hind one, varies so greatly in diflPerent individuals that 
it is difficult to be certain. I have an old male M. torquata 
with the hind claw '8 inch long, and another female 
with the same claw barely '45 in length. The legs of our 
Indian bird are paler, the bills rather darker. 
764. Otocoris longirostris, Gould. 
The Himalayan Horned Lark was met with from the first 
pass above Le until the Expedition left the Karakash 
valley going to Yarkand, and in the same localities re- 
turuing. Is was usually found near water at from 12,000 
to about 15,000 feet. Where you cease to find moss and 
running water it is no longer seen, and in the higher regions 
it is, so to say, replaced by Monti/ringilla hcematopygia. 
Going up every pass, it was met with to a certain height, 
where it disappeared ; going down the other side of the pass, 
it was again met with at the same elevation. Where it 
feeds was not noticed, but it was always seen coming in small 
flocks down to little pools of water to drink. It is a very 
conspicuous bird and varies considerably in size. It was 
almost the only bird met with on the Khush Maidan, a 
wretched desert, which a native when questioned as to its 
name, ironically, or on the lucus a non lucendo principle 
designated as above, — in other words the happy or pleasant 
plain ! [G. /f.] 
Moore's original description of this species, which Jerdon 
copies verbatim is very unsatisfactory, and I therefore 
subjoin* a somewhat fuller one. I need not say that this 
* Otocoris longirostris , Moore (ex Gould, MSS.). 
Dimensions. — Male. — Length, 8'5 ; expanse, 14*5 ; wing, 5'2. First 
three primaries sub-equal, first slightly lowgest, fourth O'l, fifth 0"55, 
sixth I'O shorter than first. Tail from vent, 3 75. Bill at front, 0 55 ; 
from gape, 0'8. Tarsus, 0"92. Mid-toe to root of claw, 0*55 ; its claw, 
straight from root to point, 0 35 ; hind toe to root of claw, 0*31 ; its 
claw, 0 55. 
Female. — Length, 7 ; wing, 4'5. Proportions of primaries similar to 
those of the male. Tail from vent, 2*75 to 3. Bill at front, 0 5 ; from 
