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ALAUDIDJJ. 



Gein;s EREMOPTERYX, Kavp. 



Eremopteryx australis (Smith). 



(Plate VIII. fig. 23.) 



PyiTliulauda australis, Ayres, Ibis, 1871, p. 258 ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. 

 xiii. p. 651 (1890) ; Nehvk. Eat. Eiersamml. p. 135 (1899) ; Stark, 

 Faun. S. Afr., Birds, i. p. 194 (1900) ; Sheik;/, Birds Afr.iii. p. 76 

 (1902). 



Eremopteryx australis, Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 186 (1908). 



Three eggs of the Dark-naped Finch-Lark are of a regular oval 

 shape and very slightly glossed. They are greyish-white, profusely 

 speckled and spotted all over with olive-brown and lavender-grey, 

 the markings being somewhat concentrated round the larger end so 

 as to form a more or less distinct zone. They measure from "7 to 

 •71 in length, and from "5 to -oS in breadth. 



Potchefstroom, Transvaal [T. 

 Ayres: Tristram Coll.). 



Crowley Bequest. 



Eremopteryx grisea {Scop.). 



Pyrrhulauda grisea, Leyye, Birds Ceylon, p. 637 (1879) ; Sharpe, Cat. 



Birds B. M. xiii. p. 652 (1890) ; 'Outes, Fauna Brit. Bid., Birds, ii. 



p. 341 (1890) ; id., ed. Hume, JSests Sf Fgqs Ind. Birds, ii. p. 234 



(1890) ; Nehrk. Rat. Eiersanunl. p. 135 (1S99). 

 Eremopteryx grisea, Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 187 (1908). 



The eggs of the Ashy-crowned Finch-Lark are mostly of a pointed 

 oval form and exhibit a moderate amount of gloss. The ground- 

 colour is white, tinged with grey or green, and is thickly speckled 

 and mottled with two or more shades of brown and underlying 

 lavender. In two specimens the markings are of a purplish-brown 

 colour and cover nearly the whole of the shell, but as a rule the 

 markings, though dense, permit a considerable portion of the ground- 

 colour to be seen. Specimens measure from "69 to "79 in length, and 

 from -5 to '6 in breadth. 



N.W. Provinces {A. Anderson : 



Tristram Coll.). 

 N.W. Provinces ( W. E. Brooks: 



Tristram Coll.). 

 Bareillv, N.W. Provs., lOtb April. 

 Aligarh, N.W. Provs., 30th 



March {G. F. L. Marshall). 

 Jhansi, N.W. Provs. 

 Hoshungabad, C. Provs., 6th April 



(E. C. Nu?in). 

 Saugor, C. Provs. {F. B. Blewitt). 

 Raipur, C. Provs. {F. R. B.). 

 Raipur {F. R. B.). 

 Sholapur, Rombay Pres., 18th July 



{J. Davidson) . 

 Sholapur (J. D.). 

 Salem, jMadras, 21st Aug. {A. G. R. 



Theobald). 



Crowley Bequest. 



Crowley Bequest. 



Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 



Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 



Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 



Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 



