NESTING LY WESTERA INDIA. 



but I cannot be sure as I did not see the parent birfls), was 

 place4 at the sjide of a small bush in a depression in the aand ; it 



was a very slight structure, composed of fine grass, and contained 

 a single addled egg, which I unfortunately broke in frying to 

 clean it. 



Mr. Hume describes the eggs as being dull white in colour, spotted 

 and mottled all over, but more thickly at the larger end, with pale 

 greenish-brown ; with a few spots of grey intermixed with the brown 

 ones also at the larger end. 



Three eggs varied from 0*7 3 to 0'8 inches in length and from 0'55 

 0*57 in breadth. 



Hyderabad, Sind, April 5th . H. E, Dames. 



765.— THE SMALL CROWN-CREST LARK 



Spizalaud" '/•/•'/, 8yfces. 



The Small Crown-crest Lark is common in the Deccan, Khandeish, 

 and Rajputana districts. 



They are permanent residents, breeding during the rains, in July 

 and August. 



The nest is placed on the ground, in the centre of or under the 

 shelter of a patch of scrubby Ber bushes, crowning a small mound ; 

 this prevents it from getting flooded during wet weather, sometimes 

 the nest is placed under a tussock of grass ; it is composed of grass- 

 stems, roots, and vegetable fibres, and is of a shallow saucer-shape. 



The eggs, two or three in number, as often one as the other, are 

 oval in shape, pinched in a good deal at one end, and measure - S 

 inches in length by about 0"5o in breadth. They arc rather glo 

 and are dingy white in colour, profusely spotted and speckled With 

 yellowish and earthy brown. 



These markings are as a rule n<>i very clear. 



ffieemuchi July to August. II. E. Barnes. 



Saugor, do. Bo. 



JBaroda, August. II. Littledale, P>.A. 



Bholapore, July to September. J Davidsm, C.&. 



Khandeish. do. Do. 



Nassicki do. Bu. 



