ALAUDULA. 131 
Between Chemora and EF] Tharf, Crowley Bequest. 
2. 
Algeria, 9th May (H. B. 7.). 
2. Ain Beida, Algeria, 7th May Crowley Bequest. 
(ZOBRES). 
2. Zana, Algeria (O. Salvin). Salvin-Godman Coll. 
1. Ain Djendeli, Algeria, May (O.8.).. Salvin-Godman Coll. 
4, Ain Djendeli, 6th May (0. S.). Salvin-Godman Coll. 
8. Ain Djendeli (0. S.). Salvin-Godman Coll. 
Genus ALAUDULA, Horsf. & Moore. 
Alaudula raytal (Blyth). 
(Plate VII. fig. 15.) 
Alaudula raytal, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xiii. p. 591 (1890) ; Oates, 
Fauna Brit. Thal, Birds, ii. p. 830 (1890) ; zd., ed. Hume, Nests § Eggs 
Ind. Birds, ii. p. "225 (1890) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 169 (1906). 
The eggs of the Ganges Sand-Lark are of a blunt oval form and 
moderately glossy. They are greyish-white, profusely speckled all 
over with yellowish-brown and underlying purplish-grey. Six 
specimens measure from *7 to *77 in length, and from °51 to °56 in 
breadth. 
1. Etawah, N.W. Provinces, India Hume Coll. 
(W. E. Brooks). 
1. Heshungabad, Central Provinces, Hume Coll. 
Ist May (E. C. Nunn). 
1. Hoshungabad, 6th May (Z. C. V.). Hume Ooll. 
3. F: aridpur, Bengal, 10th April Hume Coll. 
(J. R. Cripps). 
Alaudula adamsi (/Zume). 
Alaudula adamsi, Sharpe. Cat. Birds B. M, xii. p. 592 (1890) ; Oates, 
Fauna Brit. Ind. Ze il. p. 331 (1890) ; ¢d., ed. Hume, Nests & 
Eggs Ind. Birds, i. p- 226 (1890); Nehrk. Kat. Eiersammi, p. 183 
(1889) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 169 (1906). 
Four eggs of the Indus Sand-Lark resemble those of A. raytal, 
but are larger, and in some specimens the markings are concentrated 
round the larger end, and form a more or less marked zone. Four 
eggs measure respectively: *76 by °58; °8 by 57; ‘8S by 58; °81 by -6 
1. Jhelum River, Punjab, 20th March Hume Coll. 
(C. R. Cock). 
3. Sind. Crowley Bequest. 
Alaudula heinei (Homeyer). 
Calandrella_ pispoletta, Dresser, Birds Eur. iv. p. 355 (1873) ; id., Man. 
Pal. Birds, pt. i. p. 895 (1902). 
Alaudula pispoletta, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xiii. p. 587 (1890). 
Alauda pispoletta, Rey, Kier Vog. Mitteleurop. p. 259, pl. 35. figs. 5-8 
(1900), 
K2 
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