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boldly marked and blotched all over the shell with olive-brown and 

 pale lavender-grey ; in the other two the blotches are greyish- 

 brown, and present a more marbled appearance. They measure 

 respectively : -81 by -59 ; -86 by -6 ; '87 by -63 ; -88 by -65. 



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Genus MELANOCORYPHA, Boie. 



Melanocorypha calandra (Linn.). 



Alauda calaudra, Thien. Fortpflanz. ges. Vog. p. 381, tab. xxvi. fig. 5, a-d 



(1845-54) ; Bree, Birds Eur. 2nd ed. iii. p. 12(5, pi. (1875) ; Seebohm, 



Eggs of Brit. Birds, p. 258, pi. 58. tig. 16 (1896) ; Reu, Eier Vog. 



Mitteleurap. p. 253, pi. 36. figs. 23-27 (1900). 

 Melanocorypha calandra, Baedeker, Eier Eur. Vog. tab. 66. fig. 6 (1855- 



63); Salvin, Ibis, 1859, p. 315; Saunders, Ibis, 1871, p. 217; 



Dresser, Birds Eur. iv. p. 365 (1871) ; Danford, Ibis, 1878, p. 21 ; 



Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xiii. p. 551 ' (1890) ; Nehrk. Kat. 



Eiersamml. p. 133 (1899) ; Dresser, Man. Pal. Birds, pt. i. p. 382 



(1902) ; Whitaker, Birds Tunis, i. p. 285 (1905) ; Sharpe. Hand-l. 



v. p. 162 (1906). 

 Melanocorypha calandra calandra, Hartert, Vog. Pal. Faun, pt. ii. p. 208 



(1904). 



The eggs of the Calandra Lark vary from a pointed to a blunt 

 oval form and are sometimes very glossy. They vary in ground- 

 colour from greyish-white to very pale greenish- or olive-white, and 

 are marked with rather coarse spots and blotches of olive-brown 

 and umber-brown, together with underlying blotches and smears of 

 purplish-grey or pale lavender. The markings are, as a rule, dense 

 all over the shell, especially on the broad end, where they often 

 run into each other and form an imperfect cap ; but three examples 

 from Dinos, Albania, present a rather different type of coloration, 

 being sparingly marked with pale reddish-brown and lavender. 

 Numerous specimens measure from '86 to 1'05 in length, and from 

 68 to -78 in breadth. 



4. Spain, 2nd June (Bidwett Coll.}. 



2. Spain, llth June (H. Saunders: 



Hargitt Coll.}. 



4. Malaga, Spain, 3rd June (H. S.). 



3. Seville, Spain, 23rd April (H. S.). 



2. Seville, May (H. S.}. 



4. Seville, 14th May (H. S.). 

 4. Seville, 14th May (H. S.). 

 1. Dalmatia. 



4. Cemasko, Montenegro, May. 



3. Dinos, Albania, 23rd June (O. 



Reiser}. 



6. Dinos, 23rd J une ( 0. R. ) . 



Crowley Bequest. 

 Seebohm Coll. 



Seebohm Coll. 



Seebohm Coll. 



Seebohm Coll. 



Seebohm Coll. 



Seebohm Coll. 



Tliienemann Coll. 



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