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side of the lower throat, extending downwards on to the side of 

 the fore neck ; remainder of under surface of body white, wit'i a 

 kvrge brown patch on the sides of the upjjer breast, slightly mottled 

 with darker brown spots and tinged with tawny rufous ; the fore 

 neck spotted with small triangulur markings of black ; sides of body, 

 flanks, and thighs ashy brown with a rufous tinge ; under wing- 

 coverts and axillarics ashy grey ; quills blackish below, with the 

 same white tips as the upper surface : " bill horn-colour ; feet brown ; 

 iris hazel" {H. J. Elwes). Total length 8 inches, culmen 0-G5, 

 wing 5"1, tail 2--4, tarsus 0"95. 



The length of wing in a series of male birds is from 5-0 to o-7o 

 inches, and the females have the wing •4-45-4-85 ; so that there 

 is a considerable interval in the dimensions between the wing of the 

 largest female and that of the smallest male. 



In addition to the smaller size, the female is generally more rufous 

 than the male, and has the throat more plentifully spotted with 

 black, and the black patch on the sides of the neck is smaller. 



Very little variation in colour takes place in a series of the 

 common Calandra Lark, but the spots on the chest become dimin- 

 ished in size as the breeding-season progresses and those on the 

 face are obliterated. Specimens from Turkestan and other eastern 

 countries are slightly paler and greyer than western birds. 



Huh. Southern and Central Europe and the countries of the 

 Mediterranean eastwards through Persia to Central Asia and the 

 Altai district and south to Northern Afghanistan. 



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[With deformed bill.] 

 Marseilles. 



Lambesc, near Marseilles, 

 Jan. 5. 



Ahilaga, Nov. 15 {H. Saun- 

 ders). 



Seville, March 1 (H. S.). 



liuins of Carthage, Tunis, 

 Feb. 19(0.6'.). 



Italy. 



Italy. 



Rome, Jan. (P. L. Sclctter). 

 Macedonia {H. J. Ehves). 

 Turkey, July 20 {r.Eobson). 



Kart liana, Turkev, leb. 8 



(W. Pearce). 

 \\. Alma, Crimea, March 23 



(H. J. Elwes). 

 Crimea. 



^loscow. 



Zoological Society. 

 Gould Coll. [AVing 



4-9.] 

 Seebohm Coll. 



[Wing 5-25.] 

 Hume Coll. [Wing 



4-6.] 

 Tweeddale Coll. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 [Wings 4-45-4-6.] 

 Purchased. [Wing 



4-65.] 

 Seebohm Coll. 



[Wing 5-1.] 



India Museum [P.], 



[Wing 5-35.] 



Salvin-Godman Coll. 



[Wrings 4'5.5-4-G.j.] 



Shelley Coll. 



[Wing 5-ir,.] 

 E. B. Sharpe, Esq. 

 [P.]. [Wing5'4.] 

 Seebohm Coll. 



[Wing 5-5.] 

 Gould Coll. IWiug 



5-2.] 

 Purchased. FWino- 

 .5-1.] 



