Midd., Sibir. Reis., p. 148, taf. xiii, fig. 4, 1851; SehL, Yog. Nederl., pi. 147, 1854; Jaub.
& Barth., Lap. Rich. Orn., p. 168, pi. , 1859; Schrenk, Reis. Amurl., p. 289, 1859;
Fritsch., Yog. Eur., tab. 20, fig. 8 ; Sundev., Sv. Fogl., pi. lxv, fig. 5 ; Schl., Dier. Nederl. Vog.,
pi. xy, fig. 9,1861 ; Radde, Reis. Ost.-Sibir. Orn„ p. 171, 1868 ; Jerdon, B. Ind., vol. ii, p.
876, 1868; Stoliczka, Journ. As. Soc., Bengal, vol. xxxvii; 1868, p. 59; Swinhoe, Proo. Zool.
Soc., 1871, p. 889; Hume, Stray Feathers, 1874, pp. 490, 497; id., 1876, pp. 279, 291;
Seebohm & Brown, Ibis, 1876, p. 116; Gâtke, Jburn. fiir Ornith., vol. xxiv, 1876, p. 99;
-Ibis, 1876, p. 128; Finsch., Ibis, 1877, pp. 57, 62, 64; Seebohm, t. c., p. 157; W. Ramsay,
|l c., p. 462.
Emberiza durdzzi, Bonap., Faun. Ital. Ucc., pi. xxxvi, fig. 1, 1832-41.
Ocyris oinopus, Hodgs., in Gray’s Zool. Misc., p. 84,1844 ; id., Proc. Zool. Soc., 1845, p. 85 ; Horsf.
& Moore, Cat. B. Mus. E. Ind. Co., vol. ii, p. 488, 1856; Gray, Cat. Mamm., &c., Nepal,
Coll. Hodgs., p. 58, 1863.
Emberiza sordida, Hodgs., Journ. As. Soc., Bengal, vol. xiii, p. 958, 1844.
Emberiza oinopus, Gray, Cat. Mamm., &c., Hodgs., 1856, p. 108.
Evscarlapusilla, Bonap., Rev. et Mag. de Zool., 1857, p. 163, pi. ix.
Cynchramuspusillus, Degl. & Gerbe, Om. Eur., Bd. i, p. 827, 1867.
Cilrinella pusilla, Gray, Handl. B., vol. ii, p. 115, 1870.
Euspiza pusilla, Blyth & Walden, Journ. As. Soc., Bengal, vol. xliv, 1875, extra No., p. 95,
1875.
a. § Ponsee, 16th March 1868.
b. ,, April 1868..
This species was not uncommon on the terraces of paddy cultivation and in the
hush-jungle surrounding these and the village of Ponsee, the only locality where
it was obtained.
Genus M e l o p h u s , Swainson,
64. M e l o p h u s m e l a n i o t e r u s , Gmelin.
Mainean de Macao, Buffon, Hist. Nat. des Oiseaux, t. iv, 1777, pi. 224, fig. 1.
Fiingilla melanictera, Gm., Syst. Nat., t . i, p. 910, 1788, ex Buff.
Emberiza erylhroptera, Jard. & Selby, 111. Orn., pi. 132, 1825-39.
Emberiza crislata, Vig., Proc. Zool. Soc., 1831, p. 8 5 ; Sykes, Proc. Zool. Soc., 1882, p. 93; Blyth,
Journ. As. Soc., Bengal, vol. xi, p. 602, 1842.
Emberiza latkami, J . E. Gray, Zool. Misc., p. 2, 1831.
Emberiza subcrislaia, Sykes, Proc. Zool. Soc., 1882, p. 93.
Emberiza nipalensis, Hodgs., As. Res., vol. xix, p. 157, 1836; id., in Gray’s Zool. Misc., p. 84,
1844.
Melophus erythropterus, Swainson, Classif. B., vol. ii, p. 290, 1887. „
Euspiza lathami, Gray, Gen. B., vol. ii, p. 876, 1844; Blyth, Journ. As. Soc., Bengal, vol. xiii,
p. 957, 1844; id., Cat. B. Mus., As. Soc., Bengal, p. 129> 1849; Gray, Cat. Mamm., &c.,
Nepal, Coll. Hodgs., p. 107, 1846; id., Handl. B., yol. ii, p, 1 1 2 ,187p.
Melophus melanicterus, Bonap. Consp., t. i, pi* 470, 1850; Horsf. & Moore, Cat. B. Mus. E. Ind.
Co., vol. ii, p. 489, 1856; Jerdon, B. Ind., vol. ii, p. 8 8 1,'1863; G. King, Journ. As. Soc.,
Bengal, vol. xxxvii, 1868, p. 216,; Swinhoe, Proc. Zool, Soc,, 1871, p. 887; Hume, Stray
Feathers, 1873, p. 47; Cock. & Marsh., t. c., p. 357; Hume, t. c., p. 388; Brooks,
op. cit., 1875, p. 254; Butler, i. e., p. 498; Godwin-Austen, Journ. As. Soc., Bengal, 1874,
p. 171; Blyth & Walden, Journ. As. Soc,, Bengal, vol. xliv, 1875, extra No., p, 95; Butler,
Stray Feathers, 1876, p. 87; Hume, Stray Feathers, 1876, p. 224; Fairbank, I. c., p. 261;
W. Ramsay, Ibis, 1877, p. 462.
a. Bhamd, 22nd February 1868.
b. c. d. Ponsee, 2nd April 1868, 19th April 1868, 25th April 1868.
e. Sanda, 26th July 1868.
This bird occurs rarely at Bham6, but at Ponsee it is not uncommon in small
parties of four or seven. I t fed regularly on the old rice terraces below our camp,
and when disturbed used to betake itself to the low shrubs close by. At Sanda, I
found it in and about low shrubby patches, on the grassy hill sides behind the town.
Family—ALA UD1D2E.
Genus A l a u d a , Linnaeus.
65. A l a u d a g u l g u l a , Eranklin.
Alauda gulgula, Frankl., Proc. Zool. Soc., 1881, p. 119; Jerdon, Madr. Journ., xi, p. 30, 1840;
Blyth, Journ. As. Soc., Bengal, vol. xi, p. 201, 1842, vol. xiii, p. 96, 1844; id., Cat. B. Mus.,
As. Soc., Bengal, p. 132,1849; Bonap. Consp., t. i, p. 245, 1850; Layard, Ann. Nat. Hist.,
(2), yol. xiii, p. 27, 1854; Jerdon, B. Ind., vol. ii, p. 484, 1863; Stoliczka, Journ. As. Soc.,
Bengal, yol. xxxvii, 1868, p. 64; G. King, t. c., p. 216; Gray, Handl. B., vol. ii, p. 117,
1870; Holdsw., Proc. Zool. Soc., 1872, p. 465; Henderson & Hume, Lahore to Yarkand,
p. 269, pi. xxix, 1873; Adam., Stray Feathers, 1878, p. 889; Hume, I. c., p. 42 0 ; Brooks,
t. c., p. 484; Ball, Stray Feathers, 1874, p. 440; Stoliczka, t. c., p. 468; Hume, Nests
and Eggs, Ind. B., p. 486, 1875; Blyth & Walden, Journ. As. Soc., Bengal, vol. xliv, 1875,
extra No., p. 95, 1875;' Butler, Stray Feathers, 1876, pp. 2, 8 9 ; Hume, Stray Feathers,
1876, p. 224; Armstrong, t. c., p. 387; Godwim-Austen, Journ. As. Soc., Bengal, vpl. xlv,
1876, p. 83; Dresser, Ibis, 1876, p. 181; Oates, Stray Feathers, 1877, p. 163; Blanford, t. c.,
p. 247; Hume, t. c., p. 829.
Alauda gracilis, Blyth, Journ. As. Soc., Bengal, vol. xi, p. 20, 1842; id., Ann. Nat. Hist., vol. xii,
p . 166, 1843.
Alauda gangetica, Blyth, Journ. As. Soc., Bengal, vol. xii, p. 181, 1848; id., Aim. Nat. Hist.,
vol. xii, p. 165, 1848.
Alauda leiopus, vel oriewtalis, Hodgs., in Gray’s Zool. Misc., p. 84, 1844; Gray, Cat. Mamm., &c.,
Nepal, Coll. Hodgs., p. 108, 1856.
Alauda arvensis, Sundev., Ann. Nat. Hist., vol. xviii, p. 259, 1846.
Alauda leiopus, Blyth, Journ. As. Soc., Bengal, yol. xxiii, p. 215, 1854.
Alauda malabaricd, Horsf. & Moore, Cat. B ., vol. ii, p. 467, 1856, [nee Sykes').
Alauda ecelivox, Swinhoe, As. Soc. Jojirn., North China Br., 1859, Zool. 1859, p. 6798; Ibis, 1860,
p. 62; e tp . 132, p. 429; 1861, p. 46; 1867, p. 227; 1870, p. 854; Proc. Zool. Soc., 1863,
p. 89, p. 272; 1871, p. 389; Severtzoff, Stray Feathers, 1875, p. 424.
Alauda inconspicua, Severtzoff, Turkest. Jevotn., 1878, pp. 67,142.
Alauda peguensis, Oates, Stray Feathers, 1875, p. 343.'
a. b. c. Sanda and Momien, May and June 1868.
This is the common lark in the high country to the east of the Kakhyen
hills.