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" This bird abounds in Bengal during the cold season, and, it 
would seem, in suitable localities throughout the country, frequenting 
groves and gardens, with a disposition to be social, if not gregarious ; 
and where an extent of thin tree-jungle harbours them in con- 
siderable numbers, I have noticed that towards evening, they 
commonly fly to and fro over their haunts in scattered parties, now 
perhaps two or three, then several, and then perchance a solitary 
bird, each frequently uttering a slight chirp, and often several 
descending to alight for a while near together on the same tree ; this 
restlessness they will continue to evince till it is getting dark, and 
it would scarcely be guessed what bird it was till one had been 
brought down. I never heard this species sing." — (Blyth.) 
" In the south of India it is only a visitor during the cold weather, 
coming in October, and remaining till April or May. Associates 
generally in small flocks, frequenting beds of wooded streams, edges 
of tanks, and other moist places; it is also found in grain-fields, 
gardens, and groves of trees. It feeds partly on the ground, on 
various insects, and also on grain, and on being disturbed flies up to 
the nearest tree. It frequently, however, feeds on trees, hopping 
about the upper branches like a Sylvia, and occasionally even 
snapping at an insect on the wing. Mr. Elliot says : ' Its flesh is 
used by falconers as a restorative to the Bhyree {Falco peregrinus) , 
and is said to be very delicate.' " — (Jerdon.) 
Colonel Sykes says : " Found on open stony lands." 
563. ANTHU8 RICHABDII, Vieillot 
Anthus Eichardii, Vieill, N. Diet. d'Hist. Nat. XXVI. 
p. 491. Vigors., Zool. Journ. I, p. 411, t. 14. Gould, 
Birds of Eur. t. 135. G. B. Gray, Gen. of Birds, 
I. p. 206 ; Cat. Brit. B. in B. M. p. 74. Hodgs., 
Cat. B. ofJSTep. p. 77. Blyth, J. A. S. Beng. XYI. 
p. 433 ; Cat. B. Mus. A. S. Be?ig. p. 135. 
Corydalla Eichardii, Vigors, Zool. Journ. (1825), p. 895. 
Cichlops monticolus v. Corydalla Eichardii, Hodgs., 
Grafs Zool. Mise. (1844), 'p. 83. 
Slender Lark, Lath., Hist. VI. p. 305. 
Eichard's Pipit, Yarrell. 
a. b. c. d. Nepal {G. monticolas, Hodgs.). Presented by 
B. H. Hodgson, Esq. 
e. Tenasserim. From Heifer's Collection. 
