of 
50 SECOND YARKAND MISSION. 
streaking of its head shows decided approach to nuptial dress, yet the forehead, si 
face, and throat are decidedly tinged with yellow, as in autumn. 
Nos. 1502, 1508, 1509, d . Panjah, April 14-23. — Wing 4'65-4'8 inches. 
No. 1503, 9 ad. Wing 4-4 inches. _ , aV - e 
In spring plumage without a trace of the winter markings, all of whic 
disappeared by the shedding of the edges to the feathers. I must confess ‘ ^ 
full plumage the pale race of Horned Lark approaches more nearly to O. J oemd ^ 
hut it never quite loses the ochraceous tint which is the distinguishing chara 
the race. . . 
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Dr. Stoliczka’s * Diary ’ states that this species was not uncommon near Oi-tograR ^ 
3rd of November. Near Yangihissar it was very common early in December. At T aS 
ghan he notes : — “ Otocoris comes up here, I suppose to breed.” . jp 
Dr. Scully procured specimens in the desert between Sulik Aziz Langar and ° a J 
August, at the foot of the hills, and in the mountains it was observed in some most 
places, even at elevations of about 17,000 feet. He states that it was common m . 0 p 
Turkestan in winter, frequenting the open bare steppes. “ When riding out of Kashg u ^ 0 pt 
the journey to Yarkand, for instance, Galerita magna would at first be very numerous 
habitations, Ac. ; then on the borders of cultivation G. magna and the present speeH'S ^^^ 
be found together, overlapping as it were ; while a little further on, on the stony ie j 
G. magna would cease and be replaced entirely by Otocorys. At the approach of s a irs 
the species under consideration quits the plains for the surrounding hills, whither it 1 a j g o 
to breed. The Turki name is ‘ Kara Kash Toghai,’ i. e. ‘ Black-browed Lark.’ 4t 1 
sometimes called ‘ Sai Toghai,’=‘ Steppe Lark.’ ” 
95. Otocorys elwesi. 
Otocorys elwesi, Blanford, J. A. S. Beng. xli. p. 62 (1872) ; Severtz. Ibis, 1883, p. 61 ; Sliaip e > 
Cat- 
Biit. Mus. xiii. p. 534 (1890) ; Oates, Faun. Brit. Ind., Birds, ii. p. 321 (1890) 
Otocorys longirostris (nec Moore) ; Hume & Henders. Lahore to Yark. p. 267 (1873) ; Dresser 
p. 181. 
Ibis, 
18? 6 ’ 
No. 650, $ ad. 
No. 776, d ad. 
No. 810, 6 ad. 
No. 940, 6 ad. 
d 
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North of Leh, September 8, 1873. — Culmen 0-55 inch, wing (mom => 
Chagra, September 21, 1873. — Culmen 0 - 55 inch, wing 4'65 
North of Suget Pass, October 16, 1873. — Wing 4'6 inches. 
Karglialik, November 6, 1873. — Culmen 0'6 inch, wing 4’3- . j^pisl 1 
ad. Aktagh, June 14, 1874. — Culmen 0'55 inch, wing 445. Iris hazel; b 1 g0 les 
black, albescent at base of lower mandible ; feet fleshy-brownish black, 
albescent. , , bill 
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9 ad. Aktagh, June 14, 1874. — Culmen 0 - 5-0'55 inch, wing 43. Iris dark 
bluish dusky, paler at base of lower mandible ; feet fleshy dark brown, the 
behind, soles albescent. T 
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In Dr. Stoliczka’s ‘Diary ’ occurs the following note : — “ Wahabjilga, June 14, ( 
shot several specimens of an Otocorys which is as small as 0. penicillata, but has 1 . p 1 
divided at the sides of the throat like O. longirostris. Is this not O. elwesi of El aU 0 pfc 
have not seen it north of Aktagh. It is evidently the same which Biddulph shot last 7 
Kizil Jilga. I am not sure whether it is not a permanent inhabitant of the m 
