X II. ALAUDA, Linn. *
(Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xiii. p. 566, 1890 ;
Bianchi, Ann. Mus. Zool. St. Pétersb. ix. pp. xx-xxxi,
1904 ; id. Wiss. Bes. Przew. Reis., Aves, pp. 329-
330, 1905; Hartert, Vög. Pal. Fauna, i. p. 243,
1905.)
1. a rv e n s is , Linn. (p. 567.)
(Bianchi, it. co. pp. xxix, 329 ; Hartert, t. o.
p. 242.)
cantarella, Bp. 1841, 1850 (p. 567, pt.) :
dulcivox, Hodgs., Brooks, 1873 : pekinensis,
Swinhoe, 1863 : intermedia, Swinhoe, 1863
(p. 567, pt.) : armeniaca, Bogdanow, 1879:
* , Gigli oli, 1886 : scotica, Tschusi, 1903,
Orn. Jahrb. xii. p. 162: cinerea, Ehmeke,
1903, Journ. Orn. p. 149: subalpina, Ehmeke,
1903.1, c. p. 150 : flavescens, Ehmeke, 1903,
I. c. p. 151 : cinerascens, Ehmeke f. Reiche-
now, 1904,1, c. p. 313 : intercedens, Ehmeke,
1904, Ann. Mus. Hung. ii. p. 296: balcanica,
Ehmeke, 1904,1, c. p. 297 : minuta, Ehmeke,
1904.1, c. p. 298 : schach, Ehmeke, 1904,1, c.
p. 299 : beludshistana, Ehmeke, 1904, I. c.
p. 299 : cypriaca, Ehmeke, 1904,1, c. p. 300 :
insularis, Ehmeke, 1904, I. c. p. 300 : sordida,
Ehmeke, 1904, I. c. p. 300 : subtilis,
Ehmeke, 1904, I. c. p. 300.
[Of Hartert, Vog. Pal. Eaun. i. pp. 246-248.]
From Atlantic and the
Mediterranean countries
throughout
Europe and Western
Asia to the Lena River
and North-eastern
Mongolia; in winter
to Sahara, N.W.
Himalayas, Zaidam,
and the basin of Lower
Yang-tse-kiang.
2. TnaxXexti,Whitaker, Bull. B. O. C. xv. pp. 19-20. Northern Tunis
(Hartera, t.c. p. 247.) and Algeria.
3. blakistoni, Stejneger, 1884, Proc. Biol. Soc.
Washington, ii. p. 98; id. Proc. U. S.
Nat. Mus. xvi. 1892, p. 304.
(Bianchi, t. c. pp. xxx, 329.)
N.E. Siberia from the
Lena River to
Amoorland; in winter
to the basin of the
Lower Yang-tse-kiang.
4. buxtoni, AUen, Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist. Giehiga River
ssi> P- 247 (1695). N.E. Siberia.
* Dr Bianchi has recently made a study of the Sky-Larks, and has communicated
his conclusions to me for the purposes of the present work.
5. gulgula, Fran/cl. (p. 575.)
(Bianchi, tt. cc. pp. xxxi, 330.)
triborhyncha, Hodgs., Hume, Brooks.
inconspicua, Severtzow, 1873 (p. 567, pt.).
transcaspica, Ehmeke, 1904, Ann. Mus. Hung.
• ' Ü O /M . T T _ 4 VI n O z tQ
From Sir-Daria and
Transcaspian District
through Persia and
Afghanistan to the
plains of India as
far east as Burma.
6. guttata, Brooks, 1872, J. A. S. Beng. xli. ii.
p. 73.
(Bianchi, tt. cc. pp. xxxi, 330.)
leiopus vel orientalis, Hodgs. (iiom. nudum).
From Gilgit and
Cashmere, possibly
throughout the
upper zones of the
Himalayas.
7. australis, Brooks, 1873, Str. Feath. i. p. 486.
(Hartert, t. c. p. 249.)
Hills of S. India.
Malabar Coast.
Ceylon.
8. japonica, Temm. $ Schl.
(Bianchi, tt. cc. pp. xxx, 329.)
Japanese Archipelago.
9. inopinata, Bianchi, 1904, Ann. Mus. St.
Pétersb. ix. pp. xxiv, xxx, xxxi.
(Bianchi, Wiss. Res. Przew. Reis., Aves, pp. 329.
338, 1905.)
Eastern border of Tibet
from Nanshan Mts.
to the basin of the
Upper Mekong and
Lhasa.
10. coe liv o x , Swinhoe. (p. 575, pt.)
(Bianchi, tt. cc. pp. xxxi, 329.)
S. China northwards to
the Yang-tse-kiang.
11. wattersi, Swinhoe. (pp. 576-577.) Cochin-China.
Formosa.
Pescadores.
Philippines.
N. Formosa.
Hainan.