MIRAFRA. 135 
Mirafra woodwardi, Milligan. 
(Plate VIT. fig. 18.) 
Mirafra woodwardi, Milligan, Vict. Nat. xviii. p. 25 (1901); Sharpe, 
Hand-l. y. p. 172 (1906). 
Four eggs of Woodward’s Bush-Lark are of a wide, slightly 
pointed oval form and distinctly glossy. The ground-colour is 
greenish- white or greyish-white, thickly spotted all over with dark 
brown, olive-brown, and lilac-grey. They measure respectively : 
“73 by °55; “74 by °58; -75 by °57; 77 by °57. 
4. West Australia. T. Carter, Ksq. [C.]. 
Mirafra cantillans, Blyth. 
(Plate VII. figs. 20 & 21.) 
Mirafra cantillans, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xiii. p. 605 (1890) ; Oates, 
Fauna Brit. Ind., Birds, ii. p. 333 (1890) ; ed., ed. Hume, Nests & 
Eygs Ind. Birds, ii. p. 227 (1890); Nehrk. Kat. Eversammil. p. 134 
(1899) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 175 (1906). 
The eggs of the Singing Bush-Lark vary from a pointed to a 
blunt oval form and are moderately glossy. They are greyish- 
white or pale greenish-white, densely marked with two or more 
shades of brown and underlying lavender or purplish-grey. Some 
specimens are very distinctly spotted; others are mottled and 
blotched, Several specimens measure from ‘7 to *88 in length, and 
from °55 to ‘62 in breadth. 
3. Sind. Crowley Bequest. 
2. Lahore, Punjab, 7th June (C. H. Hume Coll. 
T. Marshall). 
2. Jhansi, C. Provs., June (Ff. R&R. Hume Coll. 
Blewitt). 
2. Jhansi, 27th July (F. R. B.). Hume Coll. 
1. Jhansi, Aug. (Ff. 2. B.). Hume Coll, 
1. Hoshungabad, C. Provs., 16th Hume Coll. 
April (£. C. Nunn). 
Mirafra damarensis, Sharpe. 
Mirafra damarensis, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xiii. p. 612 (1890); Stark, 
Faun. 8. Afr., Birds, i. p. 211 (1900) ; Shelley, Birds Afr. iii. p. 58 
(1902) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. vy. p. 173 (1906). 
Eggs of the Damaraland Bush-Lark are of a rounded or some- 
what pointed oval form and very slightly glossed. The ground-colour 
is whitish, more or less profusely mottled, spotted, or speckled with 
reddish-brown, yellowish-brown, and lilac-grey. They measure from 
‘74 to ‘8 in length, and from °58 to °61 in breadth. 
3. Ondonga, Ovampoland (C. J. Crowley Bequest. 
Andersson: Tristram Coil.). 
2. Ondonga, 19th January (C. J. A.: Crowley Bequest. 
Tristram Coil.). 
