130 



ALAUDID^E. 



id., Eggs of Brit. Birds, p. 258, pi. 58. fig. 14 (1896) ; Rey,Eier Vog. 



Mitteleurop. p. 259, pi. 35. figs. 1-4 (1900). 

 Calandrella brachydactyla, Baedeker, Eier Eur. Vog. tab. 66. fig. 2 



(1855-63); Salvin, Ibis, 1859, p. 315 ; Sounders, Ibis, 1871, p. 217; 



Dresser, Birds Eur. iv. p. 341 (1873) ; Lilford, Ibis, 1889, p. 324 ; 



Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xiii. p. 580 (1890) ; Gates, Fauna Brit. 



Ind., Birds, ii. p. 327 (1890) ; Dresser, Man. Pal. Birds, pt. i. p. 393 



(1902) ; Whitaker, Birds Tunis, i. p. 280 (1905) ; Sharpe, Hand-L 



v. p. 168 (1906). 

 Calandrella brachvdactyla brachydactyla, Hartert, Vog. Pal. Faun. pt. ii. 



p. 214 (1904). 



Eggs of the Short-toed Lark are generally of a pointed oval shape 

 and moderately glossy. The ground-colour varies from creamy 

 white to greenish- or greyish-white, and the markings are of two 

 types. In one the eggs are profusely mottled with pale brown and 

 lavender-grey, and the markings are pretty evenly distributed over 

 the whole shell; in the second, the eggs are marked with rather 

 distinct spots and blotches of darker brown and pale purplish-grey, 

 which are larger and more dense at the broad end, where they form 

 an irregular cap or zone. The general aspect of the eggs of this 

 Lark is decidedly yellowish. Specimens measure from '75 to *85 in 

 length, and from -55 to '62 in breadth. 



2. [Germany.] 



2. Spain, 4th July (H. Saunders}. 

 5. Malaga, Spain, 3rd June (H. 8.). 



4. Malaga, 30th May (H. S. : Hargitt 

 Coll.}. 



3. Colmenar, Spain, May. 



4. Mostar, Herzegovina, 24th May 



(O. Reiser}. 



4. Mostar, 24th May (O. R.}. 



5. Greece (T. Kruper). 



3*. Albania, 24th May (O. R.). 



3*. Albania, 22nd June (O. _K.). 



Crowley Bequest. 

 Seebohm Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 



Seebohm Coll. 



W. Eadclifie Saunders, Esq. 



[P.-). 

 W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



[P.]. 



Crowley Bequest. 

 W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



W. Ead 



cliffe Saunders. Esq. 

 P.]. 



