764.   Otocoris longirostris, Gould.

MOORE, P. Z. S., 1855, with figure - Horsf., Cat. 710.

The Long-billed Horned-lark.

Descr. - Allied in colour and in the black markings of the head and breast to 0. penicillata, but differs in its larger size, considerably more lengthened bill, wings, and tail, in the thicker toes, and in the feathers of the back being broadly centred with brown.

Length 7 3/4 inches ; wing 5 ; tail 3 3/4; bill at front 6/10 ; tarsus 10/12 ; hind toe and claw 7/10.

This species has lately been described, and is said to have been procured in the neighbourhood of Agra, but most probably was from the Himalayas. Judging solely from the figure in the P. Z. S., it appears very close to the last, of which perhaps it is only a large specimen. The black on the neck is not continuous with the band from the eye, as in penicillata, but the resemblance is very close. Nevertheless, as Mr. Gould is familiar with the previous one, I shall, for the present, give It a place as a distinct species.

Otocoris alpestris Is found in Europe, frequenting the sea shores, and has been killed on the English coast; and O. bilopha, Temm., Pl. Col. 241, f. 1, much smaller than the preceding, is found in North Africa, and Arabia Petraea, and may occur in the extreme west of Sindh and the Punjab. Several species occur In America, being the only Larks found in the New Continent, and some of these have been separated by Sclater as Neocorys.