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2. Between Cheinora and Kl Tharf, Crowley Bequest. 



Algeria, 9th May (//. />'. T.). 



2. Ain Beida, Algeria, 7th May Crowley Bequest. 



(H. B. T.). 



'1. Zana, Algeria (O. Salvin). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



1. Ain Djendeli, Algeria, May (O. &). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



4. Ain Djendeli, 6th May (O. 8.). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



8. Ain Djendeli (O. &). Salvin-Godniau Coll. 



Genus ALAUDULA, Horsf. $ Moore. 



Alaudula raytal (Btyth). 



(Plate VII. fig. 15.) 



Alaudula raytal, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xiii. p. 591 (1890) ; Oates, 

 Fauna Brit. Ind., Birds, ii. p. 330 (1890) ; id., ed. Hume. Nests $ Eggs 

 Ltd. Birds, ii. p. 225 (1890) j Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 169 (1906). 



The eggs of the Ganges Sand- Lark are of a blunt oval form and 

 moderately glossy. They are greyish-white, profusely speckled all 

 over with yellowish-brown and underlying purplish-grey. Six 

 specimens measure from -7 to '77 in length, and from '51 to *56 in 

 breadth. 



1. Etawah, N.W. Provinces, India Hume Coll. 



(W.E. Brooks). 

 1. Hoshungabad, Central Provinces, Hume Coll. 



1st May (E. C. Nunn). 



1. Hoshungabad, 6th May (E. C. N.). Hume Coll. 

 3. Faridpur, Bengal, 10th April Hume Coll. 



(J. R. Cripps). 



Alaudula adamsi (Hume). 



Alaudula adamsi, Sharpe. Cat. Birds B. M. xiii. p. 592 (1890) ; Oates, 

 Fauna Brit. 2nd., Birds, ii. p. 331 (1890) ; id., ed. Hume, Nests & 

 E<jgs Ind. Birds, ii. p. 226 (1890) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 133 

 (1889) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 169 (1906). 



Four eggs of the Indus Sand-Lark resemble those of A. raytal, 

 but are larger, and in some specimens the markings are concentrated 

 round the larger end, and form a more or less marked zone. Four 

 eggs measure respectively : '76 by -58; '8 by -57; '8 by -58 ; '81 by -6. 



1. Jhelum River, Punjab, 20th March Hume Coll. 



(C'. B. Cock). 

 3. Sind. Crowley Bequest. 



Alaudula heinei (Homeyer). 



Calaudrella pispoletta, Dresser, Birds Eur. iv. p. 355 (1873) ; id., Man 



1'al. Birds, pt. i. p. 395 (1902). 



Alaudula pispoletta, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xiii. p. 587 (1890). 

 Alauda pispoletta, Rey, Eier Vb'g. Mitteleurop. p. 259, pi. 35. figs. 5-S 



(1900). 



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