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seldom attain the dimensions of blotches. They are generally very 

 dense at the broad end of the egg, where they become contliicnt and 

 often form a large cap or a wide wreath. Specimens measure from 

 • 7 to -9 in length, and from -6 to -69 in breadth. 



.3. Thetford,Norfolk {Tristram Coll.). 



4. Elvcdon, Suffolk. 



3. Elvedon, 27th March. 



3. Holland. 



4. Holland. 



2. Elbeuf, Frnuce {Nounj : Ilanjitt 



Coll.). 



2. Vosges, France (Tt/oi/f/e/; llargitt 



Coll.). 



4. Vosges {Mouriel: Hargitt Coll.). 

 2. Vagney, Vosges {3Iouyel : Hargitt 



Coll.). 



5. Corsica, 13th May. 



2. Pomerania, German v, 11th May 



(T. Holland). 



3. Pomerania, 11th May (T. H.). 



4. Brandenburg, 25th April. 



3. Brandenburg, 26th June. 



4. Cassel, Westphalia, 2nd May. 

 4. Hesse, 10th May. 



4. Alsace, 21st May. 



4. South Spain, 4th May. 



4. Herzegovina, 2 ad June. 



5. Parnassus, 14th Mav (T. Kr'dper). 



3. Parnassus, 20th May [T. K.). 

 5. Parnassus, 23rd May (T. K.). 



4. Parnassus, 28th May (T. A'.). 



Crowley Bequest. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 SaUin-Godman Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 



Seebohm Coll. 



Seebohm Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 



J. Whitehead, Esq. [C.]. 

 Seebohm Coll. 



Seebohm Coll. 



W. RadclifEe Saunders, Esq. 



[P.]. 

 W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



W. Kadcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



[P.]. 

 W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



[P.]. 

 W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



[P.]. 

 ^^ . Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



[P.]. 

 W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



[P.]. 

 Seebohm Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 



Clutch containing an egg of the Cuchoo {Cuculus canorus). 



3 Hesse, Germany, 30th May. W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



[P.]. 



Genus CALENDULA, Siuains. 

 Calendula crassirostris (VuilL). 

 (Plate VIII. figs. 17 & 18.) 



Alauda crassirostris, Thien. Fortpjl. ges. Tog. p. 379, tab. xxvi. rig. 9 



(1845-54). 

 Calendula crassiiostiis, Thorpe, ed. Lnyard, Birds S. Africa, p. 513 



(1875-84) ; id., Cat. Birds B. M. xiii. p. G39 (1890) ; Nehrl: Kat. 



Eiersamml. p. 134 (1899); Stark, Faun. S. Afr., Birds, i. p. 202 



(1900) ; &/iellcij, B. Afr. iii. p. 115 (1002) ; Shai-pe, Hand-l. v. p. 182 



(1906j. 



