MELANOCORYPHA. IAL 
boldly marked and blotched all over the shell with olive-brown and 
pale lavender-grey; in the other two the blotches are greyish- 
brown, and present a more marbled appearance. They measure 
respectively : ‘81 by ‘59; °86 by -6; °87 by °63; -88 by °65. 
4, Portland, Oregon, June. W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 
[P.]. 
Genus MELANOCORYPHA, Bove. 
Melanocorypha calandra (Zinn.). 
Alauda calandra, Thien. Fortpflanz. ges. Vog. p. 381, tab, xxvi. fig. 5, a-d 
(1845-54); Lree, Birds Eur, 2nd ed. ii. p. 126, pl. (1875) ; Seebohn, 
Eggs of Brit. Birds, p. 258, pl. 58. tig. 16 (1896) ; Rey, Lier Vog. 
Mitteleurop. p. 253, pl. 86. figs. 23-27 (1900). 
Melanocorypha calandra, Baedeker, Ever Eur. Vog. tab. 66. fig. 6 (1855- 
65); Salvin, Ibis, 1859, p. 515; Saunders, Ibis, 1871, p. 217; 
Dresser, Birds Eur. iv. p. 865 (1871); Danford, Ibis, 1878, p. 21; 
Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xiii. p. 551 (1890); Nekrk. Kat. 
Exersammil. p. 188 (1899); Dresser, Man. Pal. Birds, pt. i. p. 382 
(1902); Whitaker, Birds Tunis, i. p. 285 (1905) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. 
v. p. 162 (1906). 
Melanocorypha calandra calandra, Hartert, Vog. Pal. Faun. pt. ii. p. 208 
(1904). 
The eggs of the Calandra Lark vary from a pointed to a blunt 
oval form and are sometimes very glossy. They vary in ground- 
colour from greyish-white to very pale greenish- or olive-white, and 
are marked with rather coarse spots and blotches of olive-brown 
and umber-brown, together with underlying blotches and smears of 
purplish-grey or pale lavender. The markings are, as a rule, dense 
all over the shell, especially on the broad end, where they often 
run into each other and form an imperfect cap; but three examples 
from Dinos, Albania, present a rather different type of coloration, 
being sparingly marked with pale reddish-brown and lavender. 
Numerous specimens measure from *86 to 1-05 in length, and from 
°68 to *78 in breadth. 
4. Spain, 2nd June (Bidwell Coll.). Crowley Bequest. 
2. Spain, llth June (H. Saunders: Seebohm Coll. 
Hargitt Coll.). 
4, Malaga, Spain, 3rd June (H. S.). Seebohm Coll. 
3. Seville, Spain, 23rd April (Z.8.). Seebohm Coll. 
2. Seville, May (#. 8.). Seebohm Coll. 
4. Seville, 14th May (4. S.). Seebohm Coll. 
4. Seville, 14th May (ZZ. S.). Seebohm Coll. 
1. Dalmatia. Thienemann Coll. 
4, Cemasko, Montenegro, May. i Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 
Pp; 
3. Dinos, Albania, 23rd June (0. W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 
Reiser). [P.]. 
6. Dinos, 28rd June (0. R.). “i Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 
Pai ; 
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