Ml. K. 15. Sliarju' i>ii tin' Alamla liiiiiaciilata. 179 



These eaii only lu* reti'rable to NummndiKi. SoKlaiii'.s 

 sketelie.s, y, //, indicating the natural size, are a.s large a.s our 

 outlines ; and his other figures show some of the characters of 

 Xu in m ((fit I a crpnne n s . 



96. Solfhinid nitida, D'Orh. PI. XIT. tig. 134. 



Soldani, Testae, vol. i. pt. '2. p. 151, pi. l;{o. fi^r. /. D'Orb. op. cit. p. 281. 

 no. •). 



" lluh. l\).s.sil at Coroncina." (Fo.ssil at Clu.seuti, Soldani.) 



If D'Orbigny found the exact coiinteqiart of this, it was 

 curious; and if lie did not, wliy lie should have chosen a 

 drawing of a quite indcterniinahlc fragment as the foundation 

 of a species, we cannot tell. Soldani explicitly states that the 

 figure does but represent a section : — " Alterum [/] est Ilam- 

 nionia, sive potius Nautilus dimidiatus," It may possibly be 

 a fragment of a Phinorlndina ; beyond this we can offer no 

 suggestion. 



[To be continued.] 



XIX. — On the Alauda bimaculata of Menetries. By K. B. 

 Shahpe, F.L.S. &c., Librarian to the Zoological Society of 

 London. 



Til HOUGH tlie kindness of Canon Tristram and other friends, 

 I have had a large series of Calandra Larks submitted to me 

 lately, with a view to identify the species which belong to the 

 European fauna. Hitherto only oiie species has been admitted 

 as European, viz. the ordinary Calandra Lark, MeJanoconjpha 

 calandra (L.) ; but Dr. Tristram, writing in ' The Ibis ' for 

 18G8 (p. 208), remarks, in the course of his essay on the 

 Ornithology of Palestine : — 



" Before concluding these notes on the Passerine birds of 

 Palestine, I must state that, on going through my collection 

 recently, in company with the editor of this Journal, we were 

 satisfied that the (Jalandra Lark of Mount Hermon and Le- 

 banon must be distinguished from the common Cahmdra of 

 the plains and of Southern Europe. It is smaller and more 

 slender, with a very decided rufous tint on the wliole of its 

 plumage ; but especially tlie outer rectrices are without any 

 white, while in the true M. calandra {\j.) the outer tail-feathers 

 are wholly white. But before describing the species as new, 

 1 am anxious to have an opportunity of examining Persian 

 and Affghan specimens." 



I am indebted to the reverend gentleman for the loan of tlie 

 specimens on which the above remarks were founded, and I 



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