MELANOCORYPIIA. 



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M. cttlamlra, but do not otherwise differ from them. They 

 measure from '9 to -95 in length, and from -61 to -08 in breadth. 



1. Kazan, East Roumelia (Evers- 



mann : Tristram Coll.}. 



2. Russia. 



4. S. Russia. 



4. S. Russia. 



4. S. Russia, 30th April. 



4. Kherson, S. Russia, 18th May. 



4. Lower Volga, S.E. Russia, 13th 



May (Bidwell Coll.). 

 4. Lower Volga, 21st May (Bidwell 



Coll.). 



3. Sarepta, S.E. Russia (Bidwell 



Coll.). 



4. Sarepta (Bidwell Coll.). 

 4. Sarepta, 22nd April. 



4. Sarepta (H. F. Moschler). 



4. Sarepta (H. F. M.}. 



2. Altai Mountains, 7th May. 



Crowley Bequest. 



Old Collection. 



W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



W". Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 

 W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq 



[P.]. 

 Crowley Bequest. 



Crowley Bequest. 

 Crowley Bequest. 



Crowley Bequest. 



W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



Seebohm Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 

 Crowley Bequest. 



Melanocorypha mongolica (Pall.). 

 (Plate VII. fig. 1.) 



Melanocorypha mong-olica, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xiii. p. 558 (1890) ; 

 Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 133 (1899); Dresser, Man. Pal. Birds, 

 pt. i. p. 385 (1902) ; Hartert, Vog. Pal. Faun. pt. ii. p. 212 (1904) ; 

 Sharpe, Hand-L v. p. 163 (1906). 



Two eggs of the Mongolian Calandra Lark are similar to those 

 of M. calandra, but the specimen figured has a rather more 

 greenish appearance than any example of the latter in the Col- 

 lection. They measure respectively *94 by *72 and '97 by *71. 



2. Lake Baikal, Siberia, 3rd June. Crowley Bequest. 



Melanocorypha yeltoniensis (Forst.). 



Alauda tartarica, Thien. Fortpflanz. ges. Von. p. 386, tab. xxvi. fig. 8, a, b 

 (1845-54). 



Melanocorypha yeltoniensis, Dresser, Birds Eur. iv. p. 377 (1871) ; 

 Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xiii. p. 559 (1890) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eier- 

 samml. p. 133 (1899) ; Dresser, Man. Pal. Birds, pt. i. p. 386 (1902) ; 

 Hartert, Vog. Pal. Faun. pt. ii. p. 213 (1904) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. v. 

 p. 163 (1906). 



Alauda tartarica, Bree, Birds Eur. 2nd ed. iii. p. 123, pi. (1875). 



Alauda yeltoniensis, Rey, Eier Vog. Mitteleurop. p. 254, pi. 36. fig. 12 

 (1900). 



Eggs of the Black Lark cannot be distinguished from those of 



