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SECOND YARKAND MISSION. 
Genus MELANOCOEYPHA. 
98. Melanocorypha bimaculata. 
. p e rsia) 
Melanocorypha bimaculata (Menetr.) ; Severtz. Turkest. Jevotn. pp. 67, 143 (1873); Blanf. l ' as ' _ Q, 
ii. p. 244 (1876) ; Dresser, Ibis, 1876, p. 183 ; Bidd. Ibis, 1881, p. 89 ; Scully, t. c. P- (g) 
Swinh. Ibis, 1882, p. 115 ; Scully, J. A. S. Beng. lvi. p. 84 (1887) ; Sharpe, Trans. Lin 11 - ° ^ jj. 
Zool. v. p. 82 (1889) ; id. Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xiii. p. 555 (1890) ; Oates, Faun. Brit. Ind-t 
p. 323 (1890). upy, Sir- 
Melanocorypha torquata, Blyth ; Hume & Ilenders. Lahore to Yark. p. 265, pi. xxvii. (1873) ; c 
F. iv. p. 173 (1876). 18 / 6 ) 
Melanocorypha bimaculata, /3. minor, Severtz. Turkest. Jevotn. p. 67 (1873) ; Dresser, 1 ’ 
P- 183 ‘ , tar sus 
No. 1013, <s . Yarkand, November 12, 1873. — Length 7‘7 inches, wing 4*8, tail 2^ , 
l - 05 ; expanse 15'2 ; bill from front 073, from gape 085; length of foot 1 ’ ^gal 
reach within 0‘5 of end of tail. Iris brown ; bill bluish horny above and on 
half of lower mandible, yellow at the sides and tip. 
tai’ sUS 
Iris 
No. 1292. Kashghar, February 1, 1874. — Length 7 inches, wing 4'43, tail 2 
IT; expanse 13 ’9 ; bill from front 0-62, from gape 0*75 ; length of foot l ’ c j a ^rs 
dark brown ; bill dusky, pale below, yellowish at the base ; feet fleshy whit c > 
dusk y- . . J .. O .or, tad uS 
No. 1293. Kashghar, Eebruary 1, 1874. — Length 7'6 inches, wing 4'83, tail 2 o > ^pd 
113 ; expanse 14'7 ; bill from front 005, from gape 08 ; length of foot 1 
toe with claw (183, claw alone 045 ; middle toe from the root 094, greatest . 
1-37 ; height of bill 032 ; wings reach within 04 of end of tail. Iris dark 
bill dusky, pale below, yellowish at base ; feet fleshy white. , j 
Dr. Henderson procured a specimen of this species on the return journey, nt L1 ^-ee 
the hills leading from Kashmir to the plains of the Punjab. Dr. Scully writes ^ 
specimens of this bird were obtained in Yarkand in Eebruary, but it was not seen a ^rL]ja) 
except some cage- birds. It is said to be very plentiful in the neighbourhood of D 1 ..-i 
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and only to visit Kashghar and Yarkand in January and Eebruary. The species . 
favourite cage-bird with the Kashgharians, on account of its sweet song. A sped 
brought to me in June, which sang most beautifully, and the owner wanted twen j 
(Rs. 4) for it. The Turki name is Hi Toghai, i. e. the ‘ Ili Lark.’ ” 
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Genus ALAUDA. 
99. Alatjda cantarella. 
239 (if! 
6 ); 
Alauda arvensis, L. ; Severtz. Turkest. Jevotn. p. 67 (1873) ; Blanf. East. Persia, ii- P - ’ 
Prjev. in Rowley’s Orn. Misc. ii. p. 314 (1877) ; Finsch, Yerh. z.-b. Ges. Wien, xxix. p- ^ 
Bidd. Ibis, 1881, p. 89; C. Swinli. Ibis, 1882, p. 116; Ilomeyer & Tancre, MT. ° rI1 ‘ ang . 
1883, p. 90; Radde, Ornis, iii. p. 484 (1887) ; St. John, Ibis, 1889, p. 173 ; Sharpe, 1 W" 
Soc. (2) Zool. v. p. 81 (1889) ; id. Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xiii. p. 567 (1890) ; Oates, Fa^u. 
Birds, ii. p. 324 (1890). 
Alauda cantarella, Bp. Iconogr. Faun. Ital. Ucc. p. 5 (1841). 
Alauda dulcivox, Hodgs. ; Bidd. Ibis, 1881, p. 89 ; Scully, t. c. p. 582. 
Alauda triborhyncha (nec Hodgs.), Hume & Henders. Lahore to Yark. p. 268, pl.xxviu. (J- 
