248 F. Stoliczka — . ’Mammals and Birds inhabiting Kachh. [No. 3, 
758. Ammomanes pikenicltua. Common. 
Wing 4 to 4‘3'; tail 2’3 to 2'5 ; tarsus 0'8 to 0'86 and bill 0.5. * 
760. PrEEmiiiATroA grisea. Common. 
Gray (Handl. II, 123) gives ajfiiiis, Blyth, as a distinct species from 
‘ Madras.’ 
761. Axauda (CaIiANDrebt.a) brac ify dactyla. Common. 
Wing in tlirco specimens only 3 6 to 3'7 inch, tarsus 0'75 to 0'8. 
765. AiiAiiBA (Spizalatjda) deta. Very common. 
The measurements agree with those given by Jerdon, the length of the 
wing only varying between 3’3 and 3'4 inch. Mr. Hume (Journal A. S. B. 
xxxix, pt. ii, p. 120) separated a very closely allied and slightly smaller 
form as Sp. simillima. The length of the wing of the Kachh lark is inter- 
mediate between his measurements (loc. cit.) of the two forms ; and so 
also appears to be the general tone of the plumage, not being either parti- 
cularly rufous, nor pale or sandy colour. The lining of the wing is slightly 
tinged with rufous in a young, but is of a purely fawn or sandy in two adults. 
The male has the hind toe and claw 0’8, the female 0'7, the former has also 
the feathers of the crest somewhat longer than the latter. 
770. C HUTim.AL'DA (Ai./EMOX) besehtorum. 
Wing 5'1. to 5'3 inch. Jerdon does not mention the dark mustaehial 
streak which is always well marked. All my specimens have the upper plu- 
mage brownish sandy-grey, exactly like those obtained by Mr. Blanford in 
Abyssinia, while Jerdon noticed an Indian example with dark plumage, pro- 
bably resembling Gould’s figure in Birds of Europe. They are evidently the 
same birds. (Comp. Blanford, Gcol. and Zool. Abyssinia, 1870, p. 385). 
Gray (Handlist, II, 121) gives Finsch’s Jessci as distinct from desertonm, 
although their identity has been, I believe, unquestionably proved by Finsch 
himself (vide Append. II, to that author’s Report on birds from Abyssinia, 
&c., p. 3L6). 
I have obtained this desert lark only on the Rami, between the main- 
land of Kachh and the islands of Pacham, Kharir, &c., but even in these 
true desert localities it seems to be rare ; for I have not seen more than a 
dozen examples altogether ; generally two of them in society were seen busily 
hunting after grain on the soft, muddy track, leading through the Rann. 
788. Columba intermedia. Very common. 
There is scarcely a well in Kachh in which a colony of these pigeons 
would not breed, and they appear to do this all the year round, as if domes- 
ticated. 
794. Turtur cambatensis. Very common. 
796. „ risorius. Very common. 
* The numbers referring to tlieso two last measurements are evidently trans- 
posed in Jerdon’s book, loc cit. p. 422. 
