GALKiuDA. — nii,r,ur,A. 143 



Egfjs of the Pale Short-billed Crcstorl Lark arc similar to those 

 of G. harterti. They measure respectively : '90 by •04 ; 'SS by •C() ; 

 •Si by -Gi). 



1. El Aghouat, Central Alfjeria, INIaj' Crowley Bequest. 



{Dr. liehoud: Tristram Coll.). 



2. VA Au'liotiat (Loche : Tristram Crowley Bequest. 



Coil.). 



Galerida malabarica (Scajj.). 

 (Plate VIII. tigs. 15 & 16.) 



Galerita malabarica, Sharpe, Cat. Birth B. M. xiii. p. ('33 (1890) ; Oafc.'f, 

 Fauna Brit. Ltd., Birds, ii. p. 338 (1890) ; id., ed. Hume, Nests Si' E(/(/s 

 Ind. Birds, ii. p. 237 (1890) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersumml. p. 134 (1899). 



Galerida malabarica, Sharpe, Hund-l. v. p. 182 (190(J). 



The eggs of the Malabar Crested Lark closely resemble those of 

 Spi:al(iuda deva. They measure from -71 to •O in length, and from 

 •57 to ^62 in breadth. 



Ratnagiri, West Coast of India, Hume Coll. 



5th Oct. [G. Tidal). 



RiitiiaL'-iri, 23rd Oct. (G. V.). Hume Cull. 



i;atna-iri, 27tb Oct. {G. V.}. Hume Coll. 



l!;itna-iri, 3rd Nov. ((7. F.). Hume Coll. 



Ilatnaiiiri, 10th Nov. (G. T'.). Hume Coll. 



4. Itatnaiiiri, 2.3rdNov. (6--. T). Hume Coll. 



3. Nil^hiri Hills, 8th April {Miss Hume Coll. 



Cockbiirn). 

 2. Curztm, Nilghiri Hills, 8th May Hume Coll. 

 {Ali.ss Cockburn). 



Genus LULLULA, Kaup. 

 Lullula arborea {Linn.). 



Alauda uemoros.n, Thien. Fortpfianz. yes. Viig. tab. xx\i. fig. 4 a-d 

 (1845-54). 



Alauda arborea, Baedeker, Ficr Fur. Vfy. tab. 66 fig. 5 (lS.";5-03) ; Heivit- 

 son, Ec/i/s of Brit. Birds, i. p. 179, pi. xlv. lig. iii (1856) ; 'jh-e.sser. 

 Birds Fur. iv. p. 321 (1873) ; Seebohm, Brit. Birds, ii. p. 256, pi. 15 

 (1884) ; Whitehead, Ibix, 1885, p. 40; SeeboJnn, Fqas of Brit. Birds, 

 p. 2.)5, pi. 58. tig. 8 (1896); Bey, Fier Viiq. Mittelturop. p. 258, 

 pi. 36. tigs. 13-17 (1900) ; Dresser, Man. Bat. Birds, pt. i. p. 389 

 (1902). ^ ^ 



LuUuhi arborea, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xiii. p. 636 (1890) ; Ilartert, 

 Viig. Pal. Faun. pt. iii. p. 241 (1905) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 182 

 (1900). V ." /- > I 



The eggs of the Wood-Lark are mostly of a broad pointed oval 

 shape and moderately glossy. They are white or greyish-white, 

 thickly speckled and mottled with 'dull reddish-brown or olive- 

 brown, and underlying lavender or grey. The markings on the 

 eggs of this Lark are almost invariably tine and speckly, and they 



