OTOCORYS. 117 



Otocorys elwesi, Blanf. 



Otocorys elwesi, SJiarpe, Git. Birds B. M. xiii. p. 534 (1890) ; Oates, 

 Fauna Brit. Ind., Bird*, ii. p. 321 (1890) ; id., ed. Hume, Nests fy Etjfjs 

 2nd. Birds, ii. p. 220 (1890) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 158 (1906). 



Otocoris longirostns elwesi, Oberholser, P. U. S. Nat. Mus. xxiv. p. 8C8 

 (1902). 



Eremophila alpestris elwesi, Hartert, Vog. Pal. Faun. pt. iii. p. 260 

 (1905). 



The eggs of Elwes's Horned Lark in the Collection are of a blunt 

 oval shape and moderately glossy. They are greyish-white, pro- 

 fusely mottled with pale olive-brown and underlying pale purplish- 

 grey. They measure respectively : *9 by '65 ; '9 by '67. 



2. Native Sikhim, 20th June Hume Coll. 



(L. Mandelli}. 



Otocorys penicillata (Gould). 



Otocorys penicillata, Dresser, Birds Eur. iv. p. 395 (1874) ; Sharpe, Cat. 



Birds B. M. xiii. p. 530 (1890) ; Oates, Fauna Brit. Ind., Birds, ii. 



p. 319 (1890) ; Dresser, Man. Pal. Birds, i. p. 381 (1902) ; Sharpe, 



Hand-l. y. p. 159 (1906). 

 Otocoris penicillata penicillata, Oberholser, P. U. S. Nat. Mus. xxiv. 



p. 874 (1902). 

 Eremophila alpestris penicillata. Hartert, Vog. Pal. Faun. pt. iii. p. 261 



(1905). 



The eggs of the Eastern, or Gould's, Horned Lark are of a pointed 

 oval shape and moderately glossy. They are greenish- white, pro- 

 fusely mottled with greenish-grey and underlying grey or pale 

 lavender. The markings are dense everywhere, but they are more 

 so at the broad end, where they form either a slight cap or an 

 irregular zone. Five examples measure from '9 to '94 in length, 

 and from '66 to *7 in breadth. 



5. South-east Russia (H. F. Moschler). Seebohm Coll. 



Otocorys balcanica, Eeichenow. 



Otocoris penicillata balcanica, Oberholser, P. U. S. Nat. Mus. xxiv. 



p. 876 (1902). 

 Eremophila alpestris balcanica, Hartert) Vog. Pal. Faun. pt. iii. 



p. 262 (1905). 

 Otocorys balcanica, Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 159 (1906). 



Three eggs of the Balkan Horned Lark closely resemble those of 

 0. elwesi described above, but are of a rather longer oval shape. 

 The ground-colour is whitish densely mottled and freckled with 

 olive-brown and greyish. They measure respectively : '91 by '67 ; 

 95 by -68 ; -97 by -67. 



3. Servia, 27th May (O. Reiser). W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



