Ornithology of Asia Minor. 21 
119. AlAUDA ARBOREA^ L. 
Common everywhere and resident. 
120. Alauda cristata (L.). 
First met with in the interior May 1st. After leaving 
Kaisariyeh it became more common. 
121. CaLANDRELLA BRACHYDACTYLA (Lcisl.) . 
Less abundant than the following. 
122. Calandrella minor (Cab.). 
Exceedingly common throughout the interior. 
123. Melanocorypha calandra (L.). 
Swarms in the grassy interior. A few specimens were seen 
at Giaour-keui. 
124. Melanocorypha bimaculata^ Menetr. 
Occurred in small flocks of three to nine in barren localities 
near Anascha from March 23rd to the middle of April. 
Larger flocks were met with at the end of the latter month 
at Giaour-keui; but it was never found in any other part of 
the country. It is very easy to distinguish this bird when 
on the wing from the common Calandra Lark^ the present 
species wanting the conspicuous white line formed by the 
terminations of the wing-feathers of the ordinary kind. 
In habits it was not shy. The birds of the small flock 
at first found, squatting close to the ground, and probably 
trusting to their resemblance to the colour of the soil, allowed 
one to come very near. After being fired at they would make 
several wide circles, uttering the while their loud clear notes, 
and eventually pitch again almost in the same place. Their 
favourite quarters were either stony earthy hillocks or fields 
of sprouting corn. 
125. Otocorys penicillata, Gould. 
Not uncommon. Observed in flocks during winter, and 
subsequently met with in its breeding-quarters on the high 
mountain-flats and the bare hills near the Ala dagh. 
126 . Emberiza miliaria, L. 
Very common in the mountains, and resident. 
