470 
CATALOaUE. 
"When approached, or in the agonies of death, they erect their horn- 
shaped crest quite perpendicularly, with the tips curved inwards. 
They run on the snow with surprising rapidity : as soon as the snow 
has melted on the plain, they return to the mountains." — (Messrs. 
Dickson and Eoss, P. Z. S., 1839, p. 120.) 
710. OTOCORIS LONGIEOSTRIS, Gould. 
Otocoris longirostris {Gould), Moore, P. Z. S. (1855),^. 
Hab. Neighbourhood of Agra. In J. Gould's Collection. 
O. longirostris. — Allied in colour to O. penicillata, and in the 
black markings of the head and breast ; but differs in its larger 
size, considerably more lengthened bill, wings, and tail, and thicker 
toes ; and in the feathers of the back being broadly centred with 
brown. 
Length 7|-in., of wing 5 in., of tail 3f in., bill to frontal plumes j^, 
to gape f , tarsus if, middle toe and claw and hind ditto of an 
inch. 
Genus Melanocorypha, Boie, Isis (1825). 
Calandea, Lesson, Compl. Buff. (1837). 
Saxilatjda, Lesson, Compl. Buff. (1837). 
LoNDEA, SyJces, P. Z. S. (1838),^. 114. 
CoETDON, Gloger (1842). 
711. MELANOCORYPHA CALANDRA, Linn. Sp. 
Alauda Calandra, Linn. S. iV. 1. p. 288. Lath., Hist, of 
Birds, YI. p. 290. 
Melanocorypha Calandra, Boie, Isis (1825), p. . G. R. 
Gray, Gen, of Birds, II. p. 381. Blytli, Cat. B. 
Mus. A. S. Beng. p. 131. Bonap., C. G. Av. p. 242. 
Cahanis, Cat. B. Mus. Heine, p. 123. 
Londra Calandra, SyJces, P. Z. 8. (1838),^. 114. 
The Calandra Lark, Latham. 
a. Italy. Presented by P. L. Sclater, Esq., July, 1854. 
Genus Calandrina, Blyth, J.A.S. Beng. XXIV. j». 265.(1855). 
712. GALANDRINA TORQUATA, Blyth. 
Melanocorypha torquata, Blyth, J. A. S. Beng. XYI. 
p. 476 (1847) ; Cat. B. Mus. A. S. Beng. App. 
p. 10. Hutton, J. A. S. Beng. XYI.^. 780. 
Calandrina torquata, Blyth, J. A. S. Beng. XXIY. p. 265. 
