134 ALAUDID 2. 
Genus MIRAFRA, Horsf. 
Mirafra nivosa (Swazns.). 
(Plate VII. fig. 16.) 
Alemon nivosa, Sharpe, ed. Layard, Birds S. Africa, p. 501 (1875-84) ; 
id., Cat. Birds B. M. xiii. p. 522 (1890); Nehrk. Kat. Eiersammi. 
p- 182 (1899) ; Stark, Faun. S. Afr., Birds, i. p. 230 (1900). 
Mirafra nivosa, Shelley, Birds Afr. iii. p. 83 (1902); Sharpe, Hand-l. v. 
p- 170 (1906). 
Seven eggs of the Cape Lark are of a blunt oval form and 
slightly glossy. They are cream-coloured, profusely mottled with 
brown of two shades and grey. They measure from ‘82 to 95 in 
length, and from ‘65 to ‘67 in breadth. 
2. South Africa. E. L. Layard, Esq. [P.]. 
1. Northern Cape Colony (7. Atmore: Crowley Bequest. 
Tristram Coll.). 
4, Kuruman, 7th March. R. B. Woosnam, Esq. [C.]. 
Mirafra hova, Haril. 
Alauda hova, Cowan, Proc. R. Phys. Soc. Edinb. vii. p. 149 (1882) ; 
Milne-Edwards § Grandidier, Hist. Nat. Madag., Ois. ii. p. 456, 
pl. 304. figs. 11, 11 @ (1885). 
Mirafra hova, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xiii. p. 601 (1890); Nehrk. Kat. 
Eiersamml. p. 184 (1899); Shelley, Birds Afr. ii. p. 61 (1902) ; 
Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 172 (1906). 
The eggs of the Madagascar Bush-Lark are of a pointed oval 
shape and very slightly glossy. They are greyish-white, profusely 
speckled and blotched, especially about the broad end, with reddish- 
brown, yellowish-brown, and purplish-grey. They measure from 
‘74 to ‘87 in length, and from °57 to ‘61 in breadth. 
3. Madagascar (Tristram Coll.). Crowley Bequest. 
16. Betsileo, Madagascar. Rev. W. Deans Cowan [P.]. 
2. Mahanara, E. Madagascar, 14th Dec. Crowley Bequest. 
(W. D. C.: Tristram Coll.). 
Mirafra horsfieldi, Gould. 
(Plate VII. fig. 17.) 
Mirafra horsfieldii, North, Nests § Eggs Austr. Birds, p. 159 (1889) ; 
Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xiii. p. 604 (1890) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersammi. 
p- 184 (1899) ; Campbell, Nests § Eggs Austr. Birds, i. p.501 (1901) ; 
Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 172 (1906). 
Two eggs of Horsfield’s Bush-Lark are of a regular oval form and 
slightly glossy. The ground-colour is greyish-white, thickly 
speckled and finely marbled with greyish-brown and lilac-brown. 
They measure respectively : *76 by ‘57; -79 by °56. 
2. Moonee Ponds, Victoria, 18th Dec. Crowley Bequest. 
(A. J. North). 
