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distiiictl)' spotted and blotched with rich purplish-brown and 

 lavender, and others are similarly marked with yellowish-brown 

 and purplish-grey. They measure from "71 to "89 in length, and 

 from 'oo to "66 in breadth. 



11. 



2. 



Lahore, Punjab, 7th June. Hume Coll. 



Jhansi, Aug. (F. R. Blewitt). Hume Coll. 



Seoni, C. Provs., Aug. Hume Coll. 



Saugor, C. Provs. (F. R. £.). Hume Coll. 



Saugor, 29th July (F. R. B.). Hume Coll. 



Saugor, 4th Aug. (F. R. B.). Hume Coll. 



Saugor, 5th Aug. (F. R. B.). Hume Coll. 



Saugor, 10th Aug. (F. R. B.). Hume Coll. 

 Sholapur, 30th June (J. Davidson). Hume Coll. 



Sholapur, 1st Julv {J- D.). Hume Coll. 



Sholapur, 3rd Julv {J. D.). Hume C,)ll. 



Sholapur, 4th July {J. !>.). Hume Coll. 



South India. Crowley Bequest. 



Genus GALERIDA, Bnie. 



Galerida cristata {Linn.). 



Alauda cristata, Thien. Fortpflanz. f/e?. Voff. p. 380, tab. xxvi. fig. 2, a-d 

 (184-5-54) ; Hetvitson, Ef/gs of Brit. Birds, i. p. 178, pi. xlv. fig. ii 

 (1856) ; Seebohm, Brit. Birds, ii. p. 201, pi. 15 (1884) ; id., Er/gs of 

 Brit. Birds, p. 2.55, pi. 68. figs. 9 & 10 (1896); Rey, Eier Vog. 

 Mittelenrop. p. 255, pi. 36. figs. 18-22 (1900). 



Galerita cristata, Baedeker, Eier Eur. Vog. tab. 66. fig. 8 (1855-63) ; 

 Dresser, Birds Eur. iv. p. 285 (1873) ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. 

 xiii. p. 626 (1890) [pt.]. 



Corydus cristatus, Dresser, Man. Pal. Birds, pt. i. p. .390 (1902) [pt.]. 



Galerida cristata cristata, Hartert, Vog. Pal. Faun. pt. ii. p. 228 (1904). 



Galerida cristata, Sharpe, Hand-l. \. p. 178 (1906). 



The majority of the eggs of the Crested Lark are of a broad oval 

 shape, but some are comparatively narrow and elongate. They 

 exhibit a large amount of gloss and vary very greatly in size and 

 coloration. The ground-colour ranges from a nearly pure white to 

 a greyish-white or a greenish-white. The markings are of various 

 shades of brown, ranging from pale brown through yellowish- 

 brown to umber-brown and dark olive-brown. The underlying 

 markings of purplish-grey or lavender are generally very con- 

 spicuous. Many specimens are coarsely blotched, others are some- 

 what finely speckled, and others again are profusely mottled all 

 over. Examples measure from "S to I'O-l in length, and from -0 to 

 •72 in breadth. 



13. Elbeuf, France (Noury : Hargitt 



Coll.). 

 5. Pomerania, 10th May {T. 



Holland). 

 5. Pomerania, 29th May {T. H.). 



4. Berlin {Dresser G-ll). 



5. Szisret Csdp, Hungary, 1st June 



( W. R. S). 



Seebohm Cull. 



Seebohm Coll. 



Seebohm CoU. 



Crowley Bequest. 



W. Radcliff'e Saunders, Esq. 



[P.]. 



