130 ALAUDIDE. 
id., Eggs of Brit. Birds, p. 258, pl. 58. fig. 14 (1896) ; Rey, Hier Vog. 
Mitteleurop. p. 259, pl. 35. figs. 1-4 (1900). 
Calandrella brachydactyla, Baedeker, Eier Eur. Vog. tab. 66. fig. 2 
(1855-63); Salvin, Ibis, 1859, p. 315 ; lee Ibis, 1871, p. DIT; 
Dresser, Birds Eur. iv. p. 341 (1873) ; : Lilford, Ibis, 1889, p. 324; 
Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xiii. p. 580 (1890) ; Oates, Fauna Brit. 
Ind., Birds, ii. p. 827 (1890) ; Dresser, Man. Pal. Birds, pt. i. p. 893 
(1902); Whitaker, Birds Tunis, i. p. 280 (1905) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. 
v. p. 168 (1906). 
Calandrella brachydactyla brachydactyla, Hartert, Vég. Pal. Faun. pt. i. 
p- 214 (1904). 
Eggs of the Short-toed Lark are generally of a pointed oval shape 
and moderately glossy. The ground-colour varies from creamy 
white to greenish- or greyish-white, and the markings are of two 
types. In one the eggs are profusely mottled with pale brown and 
lavender-grey, and the markings are pretty evenly distributed over 
the whole shell; in the second, the eggs are marked with rather 
distinct spots and blotches of darker brown and pale purplish-grey, 
which are larger and more dense at the broad end, where they form 
an irregular cap or zone. The general aspect of the eggs of this 
Lark is decidedly yellowish. Specimens: measure from*75 to *85 in 
length, and from °55 to ‘62 in breadth. 
2. [Germany. | Crowley Bequest. 
2. Spain, 4th July (H. Saunders). Seebohm Coll. 
5. Malaga, Spain, 3rd June (#. S.). Seehohm Coll. 
4, Malaga, 30th May (H. S.: Hargitt Seebohm Coll. 
Coll.). 
3. Colmenar, Spain, May. Seebohm Coll. 
4, Mostar, Herzegovina, 24th May W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 
(O. Reiser). iP 
4. Mostar, 24th May (O. 2&.). W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 
RESIE 
5. Greece (TZ. Kriiper). Crowley Bequest. 
3*, Albania, 24th May (0. &.). W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 
[P. |. 
3*, Albania, 22nd June (O. R.). W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 
Pi: 
4, Attica, Greece, 2nd May. W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 
Pal 
2. Athens, Greece, 10th May Seebohm Coll. 
(LT. Kriiper). 
4, Athens, 23rd May (T. K.). Seebohm Coll. 
4, Athens, 23rd May (7. K.). Seebohm Coll. 
4, A thens, 23rd May (7. K.). Seebohm Coll. 
4, Athens, 26th May (7. K.). Seebohm Coll. 
3. Parnassus, 12th May (T. K.). Seebohm Coll. 
3. Mount Hermon, Palestine, Crowley Bequest. 
27th May (I. B. Tristr am). 
1. Kedesh, poet 26th May Crowley Bequest. 
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3. Cy pres us. Lord Lilford [P.]. 

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