128 ALAUDIDJ!. 



1. Almorah, 30th Mnv (jr. ^. 7?.). Hume Coll, 



1. Alm.n-ah, 16th June (W. E. B.). Hume Ooll. 



3. Akola, liwar, 8tli Au;?. (/?. Hume Coll. 



Aitke7t). 



2. Akola, 10th Aup;. (/?. A.). ITinno Coll. 



2. Belo-auni, 17th Sept. {E. A. Crowley Bequest. 

 Biithr). 



4. Pegu, March (E. IV. Oates). Hume Coll. 

 2. Pegu, 17th ]\[arch (E. W. O.). Oates Coll. 

 2. Pegu, 29th March (R TV. O.). Oates Coll. 

 1. Pegu, 2Sth Dec. (£". W. 0.). Oates Coll. 



Alauda guttata, Bnol-s. 



Alauda sulgula guttata, Hartert, Viig. Pal. Faun. pt. iii. p. 249 (190.5). 

 Alauda guttata, Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 167 (1900). 



Four specimens of the Tibetan Sky-Lark closely resemble those o^ 

 A. arveyisis both in size and appearance. They measure respectively 

 •81 by 65 ; -83 by -65 ; -88 by -G ; -88 by -65. 



4. Tibet, 20th April. W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



[P.]. 



Alauda australis, Broolcs. 

 (Plate Vn. figs. 11-13.) 



Alauda gulgula, Ler/ge (nee FranJ^L), Birds Ceylon, p. 630 (1879) ; Sharpe, 

 Cat. Birds B. M. xiii. p. .575 (1890) [pt] ; Oates, Fawia Brit. Ind. 

 Birds, ii. p. 326 (1890) [pt.] ; id., ed. Hume, Nests i<f Eyys Ind. Birds, 

 n. p. 221 (1890) [pt.]. 



Alauda gulgula australis, Hartert, Vog. Pal. Faun. pt. iii. p. 249 (1905). 



Alauda australis, Sharjje, Hand-l. v. p. 167 (1906). 



Eggs of the South Indian Sky-Lark resemble those of A. gulgula 

 and, as in that species, vary considerably in colour and markings. 

 The ground-colour is -white, greyish-white, greenish-white, or pale 

 buff; and the surface-markings vary from brown to grey-brown, 

 yellowish-brown, olive-brown, and lilac-brown. One egg is greenish- 

 yellow, indistinctly clouded with greyish, another is pinkish-white, 

 thickly, but obscurely, clouded with lilac-grey. They vary in size 

 from "78 to -9 in length, and from -58 to '65 in breadth. 



1. Nilghiri Hills, 21st March [Miss Hume Coll. 



Cochburn). 



1. Nilghivi Hills, 13th April [Miss Hume Coll. 



Cockburn). 

 3. Kotagherry, Nilghiri Hills, 6th Hume Coll. 



April (Miss Cockbiirn). 



2. Kotagherry, 6th April (Miss Hume Coll. 



Cockburn). 



3. Kotagherry, 15th April (Miss Hume Coll. 



Cockburn). 

 2. Kotagherry, 5th May (IfiVs Hume Coll. 



Cocklniru). 



