114 ALAUD1I).15. 



Alauda dupontii, Bree, Birds Eur. 2nd ed. iii. p. 109, pi. (1875). 

 Cbersophiliis dnponti, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xiii. p. 526 (1800) ; 



Nelirk. Kat. Eiersamvd. p. 132 (1899) ; Whitaker, Birds Tunis, i. 



p. 245 (1905) ; Shmye, Hand-l. v. p. 156 (1900). 

 Cbersophilus dnponti duponti, Hartert, Yog. Pal. Faun. pt. iii. p. 252 



(1905). 

 Cbersophilus duponti margaritas, Hartert, t. c. p. 253 (1905). 



Eggs of Dupont's Lark are of a rather broad, slightly-pointed, oral 

 shape and are somewhat glossy. The ground-colour varies from 

 ■white or greenish-white to pale buff, and is spotted and blotched, 

 sometimes densely, with yellowish-brown and dull lavender-grey. 

 The markings, as a rule, are heaviest towards the larger end, where 

 they occasionally form a more or less irregular zone. They measiire 

 from -21 to '97 in length, and from -66 to -7 in breadth. 



1. Algeria {Loche). SaIviu-C4odman Coll. 



2. South of El Afihouat, April {Dr. Crowley Bequest. 



BelMiud: Tristram Cull.). 

 1. Between El Aghouat and Bishon Crowley Bequest. 

 {Loche: Tristram Coll.). 



1. Nagab {Loche : Tristram Cull.). Crowley Bequest. 



3. Kasrin, Tunis, 4th June. W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



[P.]. 



2. Sfax, S. Tunis, April (f.Boffo: Crowley Bequest. 



Tristram Coll.). 



4. Ain bon Dries, 27tli May (P. Crowley Bequest. 



Spatz). 



Genus RHAMPHOCORYS, 5o/!«p. 



Ehamphocorys clot-bey {Bonap.). 



(Plate VI. fig. 16.) 



Ehamphocorys clot-bey, Dresser, Birds Eur. iv. p. 383 (1873) ; Sharpe, 

 Cat. Birds B. M. xiii. p. 527 (1890) ; Koenig, J. f. 0. 1895, p. 263, 

 pi. xiv. ; Dresser, Man. Pal. Birds, pt. i. p. 377 (1902) ; Whitaker, 

 Birds Tunis, i. p. 287 (1905) ; Sharpe, Iland-l. v. p. 156 (1906). 



Four eggs of the Thick-billed Lark are of a very broad pointed 

 oval shape and distinctly glossy. The ground-colour is greenish- 

 white, spotted and blotched all over with yellowish-brown and dull 

 lavender-grey. They measure respectively : "91 by '72 ; "94 by -71 ; 

 •97 by -74 ; -98 by -75. 



4. Algeria, 21st April (P. Spat::). W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. [P.]. 



Genus OTOCORYS, Bonap. 



Otocorys alpestris {Linn^. 



(Plate VI. figs. 17 & 19.) 



Eremophila alpestris, Baird, Brewer •$■ Tlidgio. N. Amcr. Birds, ii. p. 141 



(1874). 

 Otocorys alpestris, Bendire, Life-Hist. N. Amer. Birds, ii. p. 330 (1895) ; 



Slutrpe, Iland-l. v. p. 157 (1906). 



