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M. calaadra, but do not otherwise differ from them. They 

 measure from "'J to '9o in length, and from "GL to -68 in breadth. 



1. Kazan, East Roumelia (Evers- Crowley Bequest. 



7nann : Tristram Coll.). 



2. Russia. Old Collection. 



4. S. Russia. W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



[P.]. 

 4. S. Russia. W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



[P.]. 

 4. S. Russia, 30th April. W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



[P.]. 

 4. Kherson, S. Russia, 18th May. W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq 



[P.]. 

 4. Lower Volga, S.E. Russia, 13th Crowlev Bequest. 



May (Bldwell Coll.). 

 4. Lower Volga, 21st May [Bidwell Crowlev Bequest. 

 Coll.). 



3. Sarepta, S.E. Russia {Bidwell Crowley Bequest. 



Coll.). 



4. Sarepta {Bidwell Coll.). Crowley Bequest. 



4. Sarepta, 22nd April. W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



[P.]. 

 4. Sarepta {H. F. Moschler). Seebohni Coll. 



4. Sarepta (//. F. M.). Seebohm Coll. 



2. Altai Mountains, 7th May. Crowley Bequest. 



Melanocorypha mongolica {Pall.). 



(Plate VII. fig. 1.) 



Melanocorypha mongolica, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xiii. p. 558 (1890) ; 

 Nehrk. Knt. Eiersamml. p. 133 (1899); Dresser, Man. Pal. Birds, 

 pt. i. p. 385 (1902) ; Hartert, Voff. Pal. Faufi. pt. ii. p. 212 (1904); 

 Sharpe, Jland-l. v. p. 163 (1906). 



Two eggs of the Mongolian Calandra Lark are similar to those 

 of M. calandra, but the specimen figured has a rather more 

 greenish appearance than any example of the latter in the Col- 

 lection. They measure respectively '94 by *72 and '27 by '71. 



2. Lake Baikal, Siberia, 3rd June. Crowley Bequest. 



Melanocorypha yeltoniensis (Forst.). 



Alauda tartarica, Thien. Fortpjlanz. ges. Tog. p. 386, tab. xxvi. fig. 8, a, b 

 (1845-54). 



Melanocorypha yeltoniensis, Dresser, Birds Eur. iv. p. 377 (1871); 

 Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xiii. p. 659 (1890) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eier- 

 samml. p. 1.33 (1899) ; Dresser, Man. Pal. Birds, pt. i. p. 386 (1902) ; 

 Hartert, Vog. Pal. Faun. pt. ii. p. 213 (1904i ; Sharpe, Iland-l. v. 

 p. 163 (1906). 



Alauda tartarica, Bree, Birds Eur. 2nd ed. iii. p. 123, pi. (1875). 



Alauda veltoniensis, liei/, Eier For/. Mitteleuron. p. 254, pi. 36. fig. 12 

 (1900). 1 V >V 



Eggs of the lilack Lark cannot be distinguished from those of 



