MIRAFRA.—SPIZALAUDA, ow 
those of M. assamica. They measure from ‘7 to *83 in length, and 
from *55 to ‘62 in breadth. 
1. Delhi, N.W. Provinces, India, Hume Coll. 
21st July (C. 7. Bingham). 
1. Bareilly, N.W. Provs., 24th May. Hume Coll. 
2. Etawah, N.W. Provs.,24th March Crowley Bequest. 
(W. E. Brooks: Tristram Coll.). 
3. Mirzapur, N.W. Provs.,22nd June Crowley Bequest. 
(W. £. B.: Tristram Coll.). 
1. Hoshungabad, C. Provs., 22nd July Hume Coll. 
(EZ. C. Nunn). 
15. Jhansi, Aug. (fF. R. Blewitt). Hume Coll. 
2. Saugor, C. Provs. (F. R. B.). Hume Coll. 
2. Saugor, 14th July (F. R. B.). Hume Coll. 
3. Raipur, C. Provs.,June(Z. Rk. B.). Hume Coll. 
Mirafra affinis, Jerd. 
(Plate VII. fig. 22. 
Mirafra affinis, Legge, Birds Ceylon, p. 634 (1879); Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. 
xiii. p. 614 (1890); Oates, Faun. Brit. Ind., Birds, ii. p. 335 (1890) ; 
id., ed. Hume, Nests & Eggs Ind. Birds, ii. p. 233 (1890); Nehrk. 
Kat. Eiersammi. p. 184 (1899); Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 874 (1906). 
Two eggs of the Madras Bush-Lark are of a rather long oval 
shape and slightly glossy. The ground-colour is whitish, profusely 
spotted and speckled with reddish-brown and lilac-grey, the 
markings being most numerous towards the broad end of the shell, 
where they are larger and more or less confluent, forming an ill- 
defined cap. They measure respectively ‘91 by °62 and -91 by °638. 
2. North Central Province, Ceylon, Crowley Bequest. 
12th June (A. LZ. Butler). 
Genus SPIZALAUDA, Blyth. 
Spizalauda deva (Sykes). 
(Plate VIII. figs. 2-4.) 
Spizalauda deva, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xiii. p. 621 (1890); Nehrk. 
Kat, Frersammil. p. 154 (1899); Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 177 (1906). 
Galerita deva, Oates, Faun. Brit. Ind., Birds, ii. p. 338 (1890); id., 
ed. Hume, Nests § Eggs Ind. Birds, ii. p. 236 (1890). 
The eggs of Sykes’s Crested Lark are typically of a pointed oval 
shape, and they usually exhibit a considerable amount of gloss. The 
majority are greyish-white or cream-colour, profusely speckled 
and mottled with yellowish-brown or olive-brown, the markings 
being particularly dense at the broad end, where they are generally 
confluent and form a cap or zone. Some specimens differ in being 
