MIKAFKA. Sl'IZALAUDA. 



ir.i 



tliose of M. assamlca. They measure from "7 to 'So in length, and 

 from '55 to '62 iu breadth. 



1. Delhi, N.W. Provhices, India, Hume Coll. 

 21 St July ( C. T. BiiKjham). 



1. BareiUy, N.W. Provs., 24th May. Hume Coll. 



2. Etawah, N.W. Provs., 24th March Crowley Bequest. 



( J/'. E. Brooks : TristramCoU.). 



;i. Mir/.apur, N.W. Prov.s., 22iKlJuue Crowley Bequest. 

 ( IV. E. B. : Tristram Cull.). 



1. IIoshunj,^abad, C. Provs., 22ud July Hume Coll. 



{E. C. Ntain). 



]'). Jhnusi, Aug. (F. li. Bleicitt). Hume CoU. 



■2. Saugor, C. Provs. {F. R. B.). Hume Coll. 



2. Saugor, 14th July (F. R. B.). Hume Coll. 

 o. Kaipiu', C. Provs., J uue (F. R. B.). Hume Coll. 



Mirafra affinis, Jerd. 

 (Plate VII. fig. 22.) 



MirafraafEnis,Zf(/r/e, ^'iVf?s Ceylon, y- 634(1879); Sliarpe, Cat. Birda B. M. 

 xiii. p. f.14 (1890) ; Oates, Faun. Brit. Ind., Birds, ii. p. 335 (1890) ; 

 id., ed. Hume, Kvsts &■ Eygs hid. Birds, ii. p. 233 (1890j ; Nehrk. 

 Kat. Eiersamml. p. 134 (i899j ; Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 174 (1906). 



Two eggs of the Madras Bush-Lark are of a rather long oval 

 shajje and slightly glossy. The ground-colour is whitish, profusely 

 spotted and speckled with reddish-brown aird lilac- grey, the 

 markings being most numerous towards the broad end of the shell, 

 Nvhere they are larger and more or less confluent, forming an ill- 

 detined cap. They measure respectively -91 by '152 and "91 by "63. 



2. North Central Province, Ceylon, Crowley Bequet-t. 

 12th June {A. L. Butler). 



Genus SPIZALAUDA, Blyth. 



Spizalauda deva {Sykes). 



(Plate VIII. figs. 2-4.) 



Spizalauda deva, Sharpe, Cut. Birds B. M. xiii. p. 621 (1890) ; Nehrk. 



Kat. Eiersamml. p. 134 (1899); Sharpe, Hand-l v. p. 177 (1906). 

 Galerita (leva, Ont.es, Faun. Brit. Ind., Birds, ii. p. 338 (1890) ; id., 



ed. Hume, Nests ^ Eygs Ind. Birds, ii. p. 236 (1890). 



The eggs of Sykes's Crested Lark are typically of a pointed oval 

 shape, and they usually exhibit a considerable amount of gloss. The 

 majority- are greyish-white or cream-colour, profusely speckled 

 and mottled with yellowish-brown or olive-brown, the markings 

 being particularly dense at the broad end, where they are generally 

 confluent and form a cap or zone. Some specimens differ in being 



