CATALOGUE. 
481 
" Common in open fields. They conceal themselves by lying flat 
on the ground."— (Capt. E. C. Tytler.) 
" This little Lark breeds in Western India, during the months of 
January and February, building its nest in a hollow in the grassy 
plains \rhich it inhabits. — (Lieut. Burgess.) 
" Found also in Ceylon, and met with in the northern and eastern 
parts of the island, where, on the open lands, it is very abundant, 
being often seen in flocks of fifty or sixty individuals. They are fond 
of dusting themselves on roads, and lie so close that one is fre- 
quently within a step of treading on them before they rise. I believe 
they are migratory, at least I never could find any breeding here, 
and I have seen flocks careering from the direction of the continent 
when I have been out at sea."— (Layard.) 
Subfam. IV. EMBEEIZINA, Moore. 
Genus Spinus, Mwhring, Gen. Av. p. 41 (1752). 
MiLiAETA, JBreJim., Isis (1828),;?. 1278. 
Ctncheamus, Bonap., List of B. p. 35 (1888) (necBoie)^ 
Ceithophaga, Cahanis, Cat. B. Mus. Heine, p. 127 
(1851). 
725. SPINUS MILIABIUB, Linn. Sp. 
Emberiza miliaria. Linn., S. iV". I. p. 308, LatJi., Hist. V. 
p. 305. Gould, B. of Eur. t. 111. G. B. Gray, 
Gen. of Birds, II. p. 377 ; Cat. Brit. B. Brit. Mus. 
p. 110. Bli/t7i, Cat. B. Mus. A. S. Beng. p. 127. 
Spinus miliarius, Mcehring. G. B. Gray, List Gen. of 
Birds (1841), p. 61. 
Cynchramus miliarius, Bonap., List of B. p. 35 ; C. G. 
Av.p.4iQS. 
Crithophaga miliaria, Cahanis, Cat. B. Mus. Heine, 
p. 127. 
The Common Bunting, Montagu. 
A. Persia. Presented by J. Gould, Esq. 
" Common at Erzeroum in April, in the neighbouring fields. Feeds 
on corn."— (Messrs. Dickson and Eoss, P. Z. S. (1839), p. 121 ) 
