130 



ALAUDIPyE. 



id., E,/,is of Brit. Birds, p. 258, pi. 58. fig-. 14 (1896) ; linj, Eier Vi„/. 



MitMciirSp. p. 259, pi. 35. figs. 1-4 (1900). 

 Calandrella bracnydactj'la, BacdeJwr, JSier Etir. l^o(/. tab. 66. iig. 2 



(1855-63); -Sa/om, /6«s, 1859, p. 315 ; Saunder.'^, Ibis, 1871, p. 217; 



Dresser, Birds Eur. iv. p. 341 (1873) ; Lilford, Ibis, 1889, p. 324 ; 



Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xiii. p. 680 (1890) ; Ontes, Fauna Brif. 



Ind., Birds, ii. p. 327 (1890) ; Dresser, Man. Pal. Birds, pt. i. p. 393 



(1902) ; WhitaA-er, Birds Tunis, i. p. 280 (1905) ; S/unjJe, Hand-l. 



V. p. 168 (1906). 

 Calandrella brachvdacty la brachydactyla, Hartert, Viig. Pal. Faun.^t. ii. 



p. 214 (1904). 



Eggs of the Short-toed Lark are generally of a pointed oval shape 

 and moderately glossy. The grouud-colour varies from creamj' 

 white to greenish- or greyish-white, and the markings are of two 

 types. In one the eggs are profusely mottled with pale brown and 

 lavender-grey, and the markings are pretty evenly distributed over 

 the whole shell ; in the second, the eggs are marked with rather 

 distinct spots and blotches of darker brown and pale purplish-grey, 

 which are larger and more dense at the broad end, where they form 

 an irregular cap or zone. The general aspect of the eggs of this 

 Lark is decidedly yellowish. Specimens measure from -75 to "85 in 

 length, and from -55 to '62 in breadth. 



[Germany.] 



Spain, 4th July (H. Saunders). 

 Malaga, Spain, 3rd June (H. 8.). 

 Malaga, 30th Mav (If. -S'. ; Hanjitt 



Coll.). 

 Colmenar, Spain, May. 

 Mostar, Herzegovina, 24th May 



(0. Reiser). 

 Mostar, 24th May (O. P.). 



5. Greece {T. Kriiper). 



3*. Albania, 24th May (O. P.). 



3*. Albania, 22nd June (O. P.). 



4. Attica, Greece, 2nd May. 



2. Athens, Greece, 10th May 



{T. Kriiper). 



4. Athens, 23rd Mav (r. A'.). 



4. Athens, 23rd May (7". K.). 



4. Athens, 23rd May ( T. A'.). 



4. Athens, 26th Mav (T. X). 



3. Parnassus, 12th May (T. A.). 

 3. Mount Hermon, Palestine, 



27th Mav (K B. Tristram). 

 1. Kedesh, Galilee, 26th May 



[H. B. T.). 

 3. Cyprus. 



Crowley Bequest. 

 Seebohm Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 

 Seebohai Coll. 



Seebohm Coll. 



W. RadclifFe Saunders, Esq. 



[P.]. 

 W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



[P.]. 

 Crowley Bequest. 

 W. Radclifl'e Saunders, Esq. 



[P.]. 

 W. Radeliffe Saunders, Esq. 



[P.]. 

 W. Radclifl'e Saunders, Esq. 



[P.]. 

 Seebohm Coll. 



Seebohm Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 

 Seebohm Cull. 

 Seebohm Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 

 Crowley Bequest. 



Crowley Bequest. 



Lord Lilford [P.]. 



* Two clutches laid by tie same female {fide O. Reiser). 



