450 
Mr. Douglas Carruthers on the 
All the Common Skylarks were winter visitors in Zaraf- 
schan. In the summer their place was taken by great 
numbers of Indian Skylarks, which come north to the 
Zarafschan Valley to breed. All my specimens belong to 
the “ mealy form.” 
39. ALAUDA INCONSPICUA. 
Alauda gulgula inconspicua Hartert, Vog. Pal. Fauna, 
i. p. 249. 
S . Bokhara. 18-20 May, 1908. Nos. 479, 458, 487. 
This Lark is a summer visitor to the low steppe, breeding 
in the cultivated lands at 200 ft. I never found it higher up 
than 1000 ft. 
40. GALERIDA MAGNA. 
Galerida cristata magna Hartert, Vog. Pal. Fauna, i. 
p. 235. 
$. Samarkand. 17 Nov., 22 Sept., 1907. Nos. 191,46. 
? . „ 18 Nov., 23 Sept., 1907. Nos. 197, 50. 
All the Crested-Larks that I collected belong to the large, 
pale race called G. magna by Hume. My specimens agree 
with those in the British Museum from Kashgar and 
Tashkent. 
41. Calandrella brachydactyla. 
Calandrella brachydactyla brachydactyla Hartert, Vog. 
Pal. Fauna, i. p. 215. 
c? . Samarkand. 25 April, 1908. Nos. 364, 365. 
cJ. Bokhara. 20-22 March, 1908. Nos. 309,474, 308, 
310. 
? . „ 22 March, 1908. No. 311. 
42. Calandrella pispoletta. 
Calandrellapispoletta Sharpe, Cat. B. xiii. p. 587. 
s . Bokhara. 14 Nov., 1907. Nos. 178, 179. 
This specimen belongs to the pale race of the species from 
the Ox us deserts. 
