The eggs of the Skylark vary in number from three to five. The 

 ground-colour varies from dull white to very pale olive, but the markings 

 are usually so thickly distributed over the entire surface as to conceal most 

 of it. Surface-markings are olive brown or reddish brown, while underlying 

 spots are pale grey. On some specimens the markings are collected into a 

 zone, and on others they are collected in a mass on the large end of the egg. 

 The eggs are not subject to any great variation in colour, but differ 

 considerably in size and shape, some being round, others oval, and a few 

 pyriform ; they vary in length from ri to '86 inch, in breadth from 73 to 

 60 inch. Two broods are usually reared in the year. 



