ALAUDULA. 133 



Alaudula minor (Cab.). 



Calandrella minor, Dresser, Birds Eur. iv. p. 349 (1873) ; id;, Man. Pal. 



Birds, pt. i. p. ;JD4 (1902) ; Whitaker, Birds Tunis, i. p. 283 (1905). 

 Alaudula minor, Sharp, Cat. Birds B. M. xiii. p. 588 (1890) [pt.] ; id., 



Rand-l. v. p. 170 (1906). 

 Calaudrella minor minor, Hartert, Vog. Pal. Faun. pt. ii. p. 218 (1904). 



Two eggs of the Lesser Short-toed Lark are of a wide, pointed 

 oval form. They have the ground-colour pale greenish-white, 

 blotched with olive-brown and lilac-grey : in one specimen most of 

 the markings are concentrated towards the larger end so as to form 

 a cap, in the second they form a zone round the middle of the shell. 

 They measure respectively : *76 by *58 ; '75 by '57. 



2. Algeria, 10th April. Crowley Bequest. 



Alaudula rufescens ( Vietil.). 



Alaudula minor, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xiii. p. 588 (1890) [pt.]. 

 Ciillandrella minor rufescens, Hartert, Vog. Pal. Faun. pt. ii. p. 217 



(1904). 

 Alauda rufescens, Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 170 (1906). 



Five eggs of the Tenerife Lark are indistinguishable from those 

 of Calandrella brachydactyla, and vary equally in colour and 

 markings. They measure from '76 to '83 in length, and from -58 

 to *6 in breadth. 



5. Tenerife, Canary Islands. W. RadclifFe Saunders, Esq. 



Alaudula polatzeki, Hartert. 



Alaudula minor, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xiii. p. 588 (1890) [pt.]. 

 Calandrella minor polatzeki, Hartert, Vog. Pal. Faun. pt. ii. p. 217 



(1904). 

 Alaudula polatzeki, Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 170 (1906). 



Eggs of the Fuertaventura Lark do not differ from those of 

 A. rufescens. They vary from '71 to '79 in length, and from '55 to 

 58 in breadth. 



0. Fuertaventura, Canary Islands. W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



[P.]. 

 4. Fuertaventura, March (Percy Crowley Bequest. 



Eendall: Tristram Coll.}. 

 3. Fuertaventura, March (P. R. : Crowley Bequest. 



Tristram Coll.}. 



