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M. calandra, but do not otherwise differ from them. They 
measure from ‘9 to °95 in length, and from ‘61 to °68 in breadth. 
1. Kazan, East Roumelia (Zvers- Crowley Bequest. 
mann: Tristram Coll.). 
Russia. Old Collection. 
S. Russia. W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 
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S. Russia. W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 
[Pe]. 
S. Russia, 30th April. W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 
Pel. 
Kherson, S. Russia, 18th May. W. Radcliffe Saunders, [sq 
(esi. 
Lower Volga, S.E. Russia, 13th Crowley Bequest. 
May (Bidwell Coll.). 
Lower Volga, 21st May (Bidwell Crowley Bequest. 
See Pe OPP a et 
Coll.). 
Sarepta, S.E. Russia (Bidwell Crowley Bequest. 
Coll.). 
Sarepta (Brdiwell Coll.). Crowley Bequest. 
Sarepta, 22nd April. W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 
heals 
Sarepta (H. F. Méschler). Seebohm Coll. 
Sarepta (H. F. M.). Seebohm Coll. 
Altai Mountains, 7th May. Crowley Bequest. 
Melanocorypha mongolica (Pall.). 
(Plate VII. fig. 1.) 
Melanocorypha mongolica, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xiii. p. 558 (1890) ; 
Jehrk. Kat. Eiersammil. p. 133 (1899); Dresser, Man. Pal. Birds, 
pt. i. p. 885 (1902); Hartert, Vog. Pal. Faun, pt. ii. p. 212 (1904) ; 
Sharpe, Hand-l, v. p. 163 (1906). 
Two eggs of the Mongolian Calandra Lark are similar to those 
of M. calandra, but the specimen figured has a rather more 
greenish appearance than any example of the latter in the Col- 
lection. ‘They measure respectively ‘94 by °72 and ‘97 by ‘71. 
2. Lake Baikal, Siberia, 3rd June. Crowley Bequest. 
Melanocorypha yeltoniensis (Fort. ). 
Alauda tartarica, Thien. Fortpflanz. ges. Vig. p. 386, tab. xxvi. fig. 8, a, b 
(1845-54). 
Melanocorypha yeltoniensis, Dresser, Birds Eur. iv. p. 377 (1871); 
Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xiii. p. 559 (1890); Nehrk. Kat, Ever- 
samml. p. 153 (1899); Dresser, Man. Pal. Birds, pt. i. p. 586 (1902) ; 
Hartert, Vog. Pal. Faun. pt. ii. p. 218 (1904); Sharpe, Hand-l, v. 
p- 163 (1906). 
Alauda tartarica, Bree, Birds Eur. 2nd ed. iii. p. 123, pl. (1875). 
Alauda yeltoniensis, Rey, Erer Vog. Mitteleurop. p. 254, pl. 36. fig. 12 
(1900). 
Eggs of the Black Lark cannot be distinguished from those of 
