226 REV. ROBERT GODFREY 



On 29 December, 1907, one of these birds rose at my feet 

 as I was riding through mimosa scrub and revealed its 

 nest with unfeathered young hidden in the grass. 



On 7 December, 1911, the boys brought a female with 

 nest and eggs. The nest was not such as one, with ex- 

 perience of the European skylark only, would associate 

 with a lark. It had been placed deep in its setting, and 

 the broad grass-blades up to seven millimetres across 

 forming the lower portion of the nest had been turned 

 up behind and over the nest to form a back or half-dome 

 to the structure. The receptacle for the eggs was shallow 

 and lined with very fine vegetable material including a 

 dense mass of pappus. 



My latest date for eggs at Pirie is February 24. 



The eggs, three in number, measure from 23 to 23.5 

 mm. in length by 16 to 18 in breadth. The eggs are 

 whitish, with a more or less pronounced creamy shade, 

 in ground colour; they vary greatly in the extent and 

 in the intensity of their markings. The markings vary 

 from minute dots to large irregular blotches G nun. long, 

 and are grayish-brown, dark brown and steely-gray, with 

 or without a zonal band. 



Latakoe Lark — M. chiniana (A. Smith) — This 

 species is recorded by Mr. Wood as occurring at East 

 London in summer, but has not, to my knowledge, been 

 met with in our area by any other naturalist. 1 have 

 not handled a specimen. 



Grey-collared Lark — CcrtJulauda scmitovqudia (A. 

 Sm.) — The late Mr. F. Pym informed me that lie had 

 twice observed this lark at King Williamstown. On the 

 latter occasion, 20 April, 1913, he met with one on the 

 golf-links. In neither instance did he secure the speci- 

 men, but from his previous acquaintance with the bird 

 he was certain of his identificaticm. 



Orange-throated Long-claw — Mdcronyx caprnsis (L.) 

 — This sifecics resembles tlie i»ipits in being a bird of 



