OTOCORYS, Mabey 
Otocorys elwesi, Blanf. 
Otocorys elwesi, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xiii. p. 534 (1890); Oates, 
Faia Brit. Ind., Birds, ii. p. 521 (1890); id., ed. Hume, Nests § Eygs 
Ind. Birds, ii. p. 220 (1890); Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 158 (1906). 
Otocoris longirostris elwesi, Oberholser, P. U.S. Nat. Mus. xxiv. p. 868 
1902). 
ieeeerae alpestris elwesi, Hartert, Vég. Pal. Faun. pt. iii. p. 260 
(1905). 
The eggs of Elwes’s Horned Lark in the Collection are of a blunt 
oval shape and moderately glossy. They are greyish-white, pro- 
fusely mottled with pale olive-brown and underlying pale purplish- 
grey. They measure respectively : ‘9 by ‘65; ‘9 by °67. 
2. Native Sikhim, 20th June Hume Coll. 
(L. Mandell). 
Otccorys penicillata (Gould). 
Otocorys penicillata, Dresser, Birds Eur. iv. p. 895 (1874); Sharpe, Cat. 
Birds B. M. xiii. p. 530 (1890) ; Oates, Fauna Brit. Ind., Birds, ii. 
p. 319 (1890); Dresser, Man. Pal. Birds, i. p. 881 (1902) ; Sharpe, 
Hand-l, y. p. 159 (1906). 
Otocoris penicillata penicillata, Oberholser, P. U.S. Nat. Mus. xxiv. 
p. 874 (1902). 
Eremophila alpestris penicillata, Hartert, Vog. Pal. Faun. pt. iii. p. 261 
(1905). 
The eggs of the Eastern, or Gould’s, Horned Lark are of a pointed 
oval shape and moderately glossy. ‘They are greenish-white, pro- 
fusely mottled with greenish-grey and underlying grey or pale 
lavender. The markings are dense everywhere, but they are more 
so at the broad end, where they form either a slight cap or an 
irregular zone. Five examples measure from ‘9 to ‘94 in length, 
and from ‘66 to °7 in breadth. 
5. South-east Russia (H. F. Méschler). Seebohm Coll. 
Otocorys balcanica, Leichenow. 
Otocoris penicillata balcanica, Oberholser, P. U.S. Nat. Mus, xxiv. 
p. 876 (1902). 
Eremophila alpestris baleanica, Hartert, Vig. Pal. Faun. pt. iii. 
p. 262 (1905). 
Otocorys baleanica, Sharpe, Hand-l. vy. p. 159 (1906). 
Three eggs of the Balkan Horned Lark closely resemble those of 
O. elwesi described above, but are of a rather longer oval shape. 
The ground-colour is whitish densely mottled and freckled with 
olive-brown and greyish. ‘They measure respectively: -91 by ‘67 ; 
"95 by °68; -97 by °67. 
3. Servia, 27th May (O. Reser). “aang ee Saunders, Esq. 
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