AMiroMvxi;s. 147 



Aminoinaues plioenicuroides {Blijtli). 



Ammnniftiies pliajnicuroid'es, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xiii. p. 047 



(1890); Qates, Fauna Bnt. Ind.,' Birds, ii. p. 340 (1890); id., ed. 



Hume, Nests ^- Eyqs Ind. Birds, n. p. 242 (1890) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. 



V. p. 184 (1908). 

 Ammomanes deserti phceiiicuroides, Hartert, Viir/. Pal. Faun. pt. ii. 



p. 224 (1904). 



The eg^s of BIyth'a Desert-Lark are of a regular oval shape 

 and moderate!}' glos.sy. They are pale greyish-white, speckled and 

 spDttod with pale brown and underlying purplish-grey. The 

 markings are more dense at the broad end, where they form a small 

 cap. Two examples measure respectively : '77 by -6 ; "82 by "6. 



2. Nowshera, Pesliawur Valley, Hume Coll. 



Punjab, 4th May [C. R. Cock). 



Ammomaues arenicolor {Sundev.). 



.'Vmiinmanes elegans, Locke, F.vpl. Set. Alr/er., Ois. ii. p. 2(5 (1867). 

 Ammomaues cinctura, Dresser, Birds Fur. iv. p. 335 (1875); Sharpe, 



Cat. Birds B. M. xiii. p. 044 (1890) ; Xehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 135 



(1899). 

 Aramciiianes phcenicura arenicolor, Hartert, Vur/. Pal. Faun. pt. ii. p. 224 



(1904). 

 Ainmomanes cinctura arenicolor, Whitaker, Birds Tunis, i. p. 277 



(1905). 

 Ammomanes arenicolor, Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 183 (1903). 



Eggs of Gould's Desert-Lark are of a regular oval shape and 

 entirely devoid of gloss. They are white, rather thickly marked, 

 especially at the broad end, with specks and very small spots of 

 deep purplish-brown and lavender. They measui-e from "S to -82 

 in length, and from -59 to -6 in breadth. 



3. Sillousa, Tunis, 10th April. W. Radclitfe Saunders, Esq. 



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4. .\lgeria, 7th April (P. Spatz). W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



[P.]. 



1. Algeria (Locke). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



2. El Aghouat, C. Algeria (Loche : Crowley Bequest. 



Tristram Coll.). 



Ammomanes erythrochlamys (SmifJi,). 



Ammomanes ervthrochlam v.s, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. J/, xiii. p. 648 (1890) ; 

 Stark, Faiin. S. Afr., Birds, i. p. 199 (1900) ; Shullexj, Birds Afr. iii. 

 p. 95 (1902) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 185 (1908). 



Two eggs of the Daraaraland Desert-Lark are very similar to 

 those of A. isabellina, having the ground-colour white profusely 

 spotted and freckled all over with dark purplish-brown, reddish- 

 brown, and lavender. They measure -82 by "oS. 



2. Otjimbiuque, Damaraland, 13th Jan. Crowley Bequest. 

 (C. J. Andersson : Tristram 

 Coll.). 



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