MELANOCORTPHA. ] 9^ 



boldly marked and blotched all over the shell witli olive-brown and 

 pale lavender-grey ; in the other two the blotches are greyish- 

 brown and present a more marbled appearance. They measure 

 respectively : -81 by -59 ; -86 by -6 ; -87 by -63 ; -88 by -65. 



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Genus MELANOCORYPHA, Boie. 

 Melanocorypha calandra {Linn.). 



A\auA^<^^^^dx^,Thien.Fortpfanz. ges. Vin/. p. 381, tab. xxvi. fig. b,a-d 



Egus of Lnt. J^jrck,V-J58, pi. 58. lig. K; (1896) ; He^ i:ier Vou 

 Mitteleufop. p. 253, pi. 36. figs. 23-27 (1900) ■^ 



Melanocorypha calandra, Baedeker, Ekr Eur. Viig. tab. 66. fio- 6 (1855- 

 Oo); Salmn Ihis, 1859, p. 315; Saunde/s, Ibis, 1871, p ^1? • 

 Dresm; Jnrds fur iv.y. 365 (1871); Dariford, his, 187h^p."2i: 

 &/<f'rpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xiii. p. 551 (1890) ; Nehrk Kut 

 nqO?r'"M>/v ^P (1899) ^;?--'-- Man. Pa). Bii-ds, pt p.^l 

 t!p 1^2^906) ' P-^^^^l'^O^)' S/JrpeJand-l. 



Melamj-orypha calandra calandra, Hartert, Voy. Pal. Faun. pt. ii. p. 208 



The eggs of the Calandra Lark vary from a pointed to a blunt 

 oval form and are sometimes very glossy. They vary in ground- 

 colour from greyish-white to very pale greenish- or olive-white, and 

 are marked with rather coarse spots and blotches of olive-brown 

 and umber-brown, together with underlying blotches and smears of 



alltvt^r^' 7 r^' ^"'"n '^^ ^^^^ '"^'■'^■"-^ -^' - - -le, dense 

 all over the shell, especially on the broad end, where the^ often 



J.^'!n'"T^° "" 111 ' '^'"^ *'"™ ^" i'"P«rfect cap ; but three examples 

 fiom Dinos Albania, present a rather different type of colorat on 

 being sparingly marked with pale reddish-broiii and lavender' 

 .Numerous specimens measure from -86 to 1-05 in length, and from 

 DQ to •/&> in breadth. 



Spain, 2iid June (Bidicell Coll.). 

 Spain, 11th June (//. Saunders: 



Haryitt Coll.). 

 Malajra, Spain, 3rd June (H. S ). 

 Seville, Spain, 23rd April (H.S.). 

 Seville, May (H. S.). 

 Seville, 14th May (II. S.). 

 Seville, 14th May (H. S.). 

 Balinatia. 

 Cemasko, Montenegro, May. 



Dinos, Albania, 23rd June 



lieiser). 

 Dinos, 23rd June (O. P.). 



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Crowley Bequest. 

 Seebohm Coll. 



Seebohni Coll. 



Seebohm Coll. 



Seebohm Coll. 



Seebohm Coll. 



Seebohm Coll. 



Tiiienemann Coll. 



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