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seldom attain the dimensions of blotches. 
They are generally very 
dense at the broad end of the egg, where they become confluent and 
often form a large cap or a wide wreath. Specimens measure from 
-7 to 9 in length, and from °6 to ‘69 in breadth. 
Thetford, Norfolk (Tristram Coll.). 
Elvedon, Suffolk. 
Elvedon, 27th March. 
Holland. 
Holland. 
Elbeuf, France (Noury: Hargitt 
Coll.). 
Vosges, France (Mougel: Hargitt 
Coll.). 
Vosges (Mougel: Hargitt Coll.). 
Vagney, Vosges (Mougel: Hargitt 
Coll.). 
Corsica, 13th May. 
Pomerania, Germany, 11th May 
(T. Holland). 
Pomerania, 11th May (7. ZZ). 
Brandenburg, 25th April. 
Brandenburg, 26th June. 
Cassel, Westphalia, 2nd May. 
Hesse, 10th May. 
Alsace, 21st May. 
South Spain, 4th May. 
EPP Se FSR Rot UN RS) RS cocci cs 
Herzegovina, 2nd June. 
Parnassus, 14th May (7. Kriiper). 
Parnassus, 20th May (WI TG 
Parnassus, 25rd May (7. K.). 
Parnassus, 28th May (7. K.). 
Or Co Or 
Clutch containing an egg of the Cuckoo (Cuculus canorus). 
3. Hesse, Germany, 50th May. 
Crowley Bequest. 
Salvin-Godman Coll. 
Salvin-Godman Coll. 
Salvin-Godman Coll. 
Salvin-Godman Coll. 
Seebohm Coll. 
Seebohm Coll. 
Seebohm Coll. 
Seebohm Coll. 
J. Whitehead, Esq. [C.]. 
Seebohm Coll. 
Seebohm Coll, 
W. Radcliffe Saunders, 
fea si 
W. Radcliffe Saunders, 
ea: 
W. Radcliffe Saunders, 
[Peas S| 
W. Radcliffe Saunders, 
PEs 2, 
W. Radcliffe Saunders, 
ba 
W. Radcliffe Saunders, 
Pal: 
W. Radcliffe Saunders, 
[Pal 
Seebohm Coll. 
Seebohm Coll. 
Seebohm Coll. 
Seebohm Coll. 
W. Radcliffe Saunders, 
Pegs 
Genus CALENDULA, Swains. 
Calendula crassirostris ( Vieiil.). 
(Plate VIII. figs. 
Alauda crassirostris, Thien. Fortpfl. ges. 
(1845-54). 
Calendula crassirostris, Sharpe, ed. Layard, Birds 8S. Africa, p. 
17 & 18.) 
Ksq. 
Esq. 
Esq. 
Esq. 
Esq. 
Ksq. 
Ksq. 
sq. 
Vog. p. 379, tab. xxvi. tig. 9 
513 
(1875-84) ; zd., Cat. Birds B. M. xiii. p. 639 (1890); Nehrk. Kat. 
Eiersammil. p. 134 (1899); Stark, Faun. S. Afr., Birds, i. p. 
202 
(1900) ; Shelley, B. Afr. iil. p. 115 (1902) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 182 
(1906). 
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