326 JOURNAL, BOMBAY NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY, 1890. 

 7656 ?«.— THE LARGE CROWN-CREST LARK. 



Spizalauda malaburica, Scop. 



I am indebted to Mr. Davidson, C.S., for the following note : — 



" This is the common lark in Kanara, being found in abundance 

 on the coast, and also in the fields, among the jungle above the 

 ghats. 



" In Nassick itself I noticed it occasionally in the rains and in the 

 hot weather ; it was fairly common on the plateau of the Saptash- 

 ring line of hills in that district, but I never noticed it at that season 

 anywhere else, and it was there distinctly local. 



" It makes its nest on the bare ground, but lines it generally fairly 

 well, and usually lays two, rarely three, eggs of a pale greenish-grey, 

 mottled with darker shades of the same ; they vary considerably in 

 size, but are much larger than those of Spizalauda deca, and are also 

 I think as a rule much lighter in colour," 



The eggs in my collection, given to me by Mr. Davidson, measure 

 0'85 inches in length by rather more than 0"65 in breadth, 



Saptashring, Nassick, 1st week in April. J. Davidson j C.S. 



Kanara, February, March, April and December. Do, 



767.— THE INDIAN SKYLARK. 



Alauda yulgula, Franke. 



The Indian Skylark occurs in suitable places, throughout Western 

 India ; it is, however, very locally distributed, and I believe often 

 overlooked. It is a permanent resident, commencing to breed early 

 in May, and nests are to be found up to the end of July. I think 

 they have at least two broods in the season, but do not lay again in 

 the same nest. 



The nest is not very elaborate as a rule, being merely a depression 

 in the ground, scantily lined with fine grass, under the shelter of a 

 clod of earth, or a tuft of grass ; this hole is usually scratched by 

 the birds themselves. 



The eggs, two or three in number (I have never found more, but 

 others speak of finding four and five), are of two different types ; 

 one is a dingy- or greyish -white, sometimes nearly pure, densely 

 spotted and speckled with yellowish- and greyish -brown, with an 



