124 ALAUDIDJ5. 



M. cttlandra. Thej- measure from TO to 1"1 in length, and from 

 •7 to '12 in breadth. 



1. Yolg-a R., S. Russia {Xehrkorn Crowley Bequest. 



Coll.). 

 4. Astraklmn (Henl-e). yeebohm Coll. 



2. Ivir^'hiz Steppes, 8th June. W. Radclili'e Saunders, Esq. 



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2. Irkutsk, S. Siberia, 17th May. Crowley Bequest. 



Genus TEPHROCORYS, Sharpe. 



Tephrocorys cinerea (Gmel.). 



(Plate VII. figs. 2-4.) 



Tephrocor3'S cinerea, Sharpe, ed. Layard, Birds S. Africa, p. 511 

 (l»75-84) ; Butler, Feilden S^ Reid, Zool. 1882, p. 302 ; Sharpe, 

 Cat. Birds B. M. xiii. p. 561 (1890^; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersanunl. 

 p. 133 (1899) ; Stark, Faun. S. Afr., Birds, i. p. 222 (1900) ; Shelleij, 

 B. Afr. iii. p. 123 (1902) [part.] ; M«?;^je, Hand-l. v. p. 104 (1906). 



Eggs of the Red-headed Lark are of a regular oval shape and 

 slightly glossy. They are white or greenish-white, mottled all 

 over with brown and purplish-grey. They measure from "82 to '9 

 in length, and from 'oO to "62 in breadth. 



2. South Africa {E. L. Layard). Crowley Bequest. 



2. South Africa. ' E. L. Layard, Esq. [P.]. 



4. Newcastle, Natal, 7th Nov. Capt. Savile G. Reid [C.]. 



1. Newcastle, 9th Nov. [E. A, Crowley Bequest. 



Butler). 



2. Newcastle, 9th Sept. Major R. Sparrow [P.l. 



2. Newcastle, 30th Oct. Major K. Sparrow [P.J. 



3. Ileilbron, O.R.C., Sept. R. B. Woosnam, Esq. [C.]. 

 2. Bloemfontein, 6th Sept. R. E. Lent, Esq. [C.]. 



Tephrocorys anderssoni (Tristr.). 

 (Plate YIL fig. 5.) 



Tephrocorvs anderssoni, Snarpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xiii. p. 5G4 (1890) ; 



Stark, Faun. S. Afr., Birds, i. p. 224 (1900). 

 Tephrocorvs cinerea, Shelley, B. Afr. iii. p. 123 (1902) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. 



v. p. 164 (1906) [part.]. 



Two eggs of Andersson's Red-capped Lark are of a regular oval 

 shape and without any gloss. The ground-colour is white, marked 

 all over with reddish-brown and violet-grey ; in one example all 

 the markings are small, but in the one figured there are a number 

 of reddish-brown blotches, especially round the larger end. They 

 measure respectively "76 by 'ob and '76 by "57. 



2. Otjinibinque, Damavaland (C. J. Crowley Bequest. 

 Andersson : Tristram Coll.). 



