MIRAFRA. SPIZALAUDA. 



those of J/. assamica. They measure from ? to '8<3 in length, and 

 from *55 to '62 in breadth. 



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

 21st July (G r. Binyham). 



1. Bareilly, N.W. Provs., 24th May. Hume Coll. 



2. Etawah, N.W. Provs., 24th March Crowley Bequest. 



( W. E. Brooks : Tristram Coll.}. 



3. Mir/apur, N.W. Provs., 22nd June Crowley Bequest. 



( W. E. B. : Tristram Coll.}. 



1 . Hoshungabad, C. Provs., 22ud July Hume Coll. 



(E. C. Nunn). 



15. Jhansi, Aug. (F. R. Blewitt}. Hume Coll. 



2. Saugor, C. Provs. (F. It. B.}. Hume Coll. 



2. Saugor, 14th July (F. R. B.}. Hume Coll. 



3. Raipur, C. Provs., J une (F. R. B.}. Hume Coll. 



Mirafra affinis, Jerd. 

 (Plate VII. fig. 22.) 



Mirafra affinis, Legge, Birds Ceylon, p. 634 (1879) j Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. 

 xiii. p. 614 (1890) ; Oates, Faun. Brit. Ind., Birds, ii. p. 335 (1890) ; 

 ill, ed. Hume, Nests 8c Eggs Ind. Birds, ii. p. 233 (1890) ; Nehrk. 

 Kat. Eiersamml p. 134 (1899) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 174 (1906). 



Two eggs of the Madras Bush-Lark are of a rather long oval 

 shape and slightly glossy. The ground-colour is whitish, profusely 

 spotted and speckled with reddish-brown and lilac- grey, the 

 markings being most numerous towards the broad end of the shell, 

 where they are larger and more or less confluent, forming an ill- 

 defined cap. They measure respectively *91 by *62 and *91 by '63. 



2. North Central Province, Ceylon, Crowley Bequest. 

 12th June (A. L. Butler}. 



Genus SPIZALAUDA, Blyih. 



Spizalauda deva (Sykes}. 



(Plate VIII. figs. 2-4.) 



Spizalauda deva, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xiii. p. 621 (1890) ; Nehrk. 



Kat. Eiersamml. p. 134 (1899) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 177 (1906). 

 Galerita deva, Oates, Faun. Brit. Ind., Birds, ii. p. 338 (1890) ; id., 



ed. Hume, Nests $ Eggs Ind. Birds, ii. p. 236 (1890). 



The eggs of Sykes's Crested Lark are typically of a pointed oval 

 shape, and they usually exhibit a considerable amount of gloss. The 

 majority are greyish-white or cream-colour, profusely speckled 

 and mottled with yellowish-brown or olive-brown, the markings 

 being particularly dense at the broad end, where they are generally 

 confluent and form a cap or zone. Some specimens differ in being 



