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PASSERES. 
FAMILY. — PARADOXORNITHIDiE. 
Paradoxornis 1 . 
Paradoxornis, Gould, P. Z. S. 1836, p. 17. 
1247. Paradoxornis ruficeps. 
Paradoxornis ruficeps, Blyth, J. A. S. B. xi. p. 177; J. A. S. 
B. xliii. extr. No. p. 117: Jerd. B. Ind. ii. p. 5. 
a Arakan (E. Blyth ) 1847. — b India (“ Paradoxornis rufi- 
ceps , ” E. Blyth) 1851. 
FAMILY. — ALAXJDIDBE. 
Alauda. 
Alauda, Linnseus, Syst. Nat. i. p. 287 (1766) (partim ). 
1248. Alanda arvensis. 
Alauda arvensis, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. p. 287 : Strickl. P. Z. S. 
1836, p. 99: Newton, ed. Yarr. Brit. B. i. p. 614: Dresser, B. 
Eur. 
a £ juv. Worcestershire {H. E. Strickland) 1833. — b £ 
Worcestershire, January {H. E. Strickland) 1834. — c £ Smyrna, 
28 December ( H . E. Strickland) 1835. 
1249. Alauda gulgula. 
Alauda gulgida , Frankl. P. Z. S. 1830-1, p. 119: Blyth, J. 
A. S. B. xiii. p. 961: Jerd. B. Ind. ii. p. 434. 
Alauda gracilis, Blyth, J. A. S. B. xi. p. 201. 
a India {Askew) 1837. — b India (“ Alauda gulgula, Bengal 
tar.” E. Blyth) 1846. — c Madras (“ Alauda gulgula ,” T. G. 
Jerdon) 1850. — d India (“ Alauda gulgula ,” E. Blyth) 1851. 
- — e India (E. Blyth) 1851. 
i Tlie right position of this genus has been and still is a matter of doubt. 
Various places have been assigned to it, such as the families Timeliidse, Paridae, 
and in the neighbourhood of the Buntings. A close relationship to the genus 
Panurus has also been suggested. 
