CATALOGUE. 
473 
The Social Lark, Jerdon. 
Baghairi, Hind., F. (BucTi.) Hamilton. BlytJi. Jerdon. 
A. {A. duhhunensisy Sykes.) Dukhun. Presented by 
Colonel Sykes. 
h. c. (C. Baghaira^ Hodgs.) Nepal. Presented by 
B. H. Hodgson, Esq. 
c. d. e.f. Bolan Pass. From Griffith's Collection. 
g. h. Kurrachee. Presented by Dr. H. Gould. 
" This bird appears on the table-land of Southern India in October. 
It associates in vast flocks, frequenting the bare grass-downs, and is 
fond of damp spots, as at the edge of tanks, &c. ; it also frequents 
grain-fields, and almost always retires to them for shelter during the 
heat of the day ; from whence it does not in general issue again till 
next morning. They are so numerous occasionally, that four, five, 
or six dozens are sometimes killed at a shot, and numbers are often 
netted in some parts of the country. When in good condition, it is 
highly esteemed for the table. It does not breed in this part of 
India, and quits it for the north in March." — (Jerdon.) 
" This bird progresses on the ground as much by hopping as by 
running, and has a true Lark's chirrup. It is caught in immense 
numbers during March, near Calcutta, for the table." — (Blyth.) 
The Eev. T. Phillips, in his MS. Notes, states, that " the Ortolan 
visits the neighbourhood of Muttra (in N."W". Provinces) in the cold 
season only." 
" Found in flocks in Candahar in the winter." — (Hutton.) 
" Seen at Erzeroum in large flocks ; only noticed from 21st of April 
to 28th May. The cock is of a brighter colour than the hen, and 
has its ears and the spot on the breast much darker." — (Messrs. 
Dickson and Boss, P. Z. S. (1839), p. 120.) 
Genus Megalophonus, Gray^ List of Gen. of Birds (1841). 
Beachontx, Swains., Zool. Journ. p. 345 (1827). 
CoETPHA, Gray, List of Gen. of Birds (1840). 
715. MEGALOPHONUS RUFIGEPS, Ruppell Sp. 
Alauda ruficeps, Bilpp., Faun. Abyss, t. 38, f. 1. Blyth, 
J. A. S. Beng. XXIV. p. 258. 
Megalophonus ruficeps, Biipp., Sysf. Uehers, p. 79. G. 
B. Gray, Gen. of Birds, III. App. p. 18. Bonap., 
C. G. Av. p. 243. 
A. Abyssinia. From Harris's Collection. 
