8ALERIDA. 



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Galerida brachyura, Tristram. 

 (Plate YIII. figs. 10 & 11.) 



Galerida brachyura, Tristram, P. Z. S. 1864, p. 435 ; Sharpe, Hand-l. v. 



p. 179 (1900). 



Alauda isabellina, Tristram, Faun. $ Flora Palestine, p. 78 (1884). 

 Galerida cristata brachyura. Hartert, Vog. Pal. Faun. pt. ii. p. 234 



(1904). 



Eggs of the Short-tailed Crested Lark are indistinguishable from 

 those of G. arenicola described above. 



2. Jericho, Palestine, 29th March Crowley Bequest. 

 (H. B. Tristram}. 



2. Jericho, 30th March (H. B. T.\ Crowley Bequest. 



4. El Ghor, Palestine, 19th May Crowley Bequest. 



(H. B. T.). 



Galerida magna, Hume. 

 (Plate YIII. fig. 12.) 



Galerida cristata magna, Witherby, Ibis, 1903, p. 525 ; Hartert, Von. Pal. 



Faun. pt. ii. p. 235 (1904). 

 Galerida magna, Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 180 (1906). 



Eggs of Hume's Crested Lark resemble those of Q. arenicola 

 described above. They measure from -88 to '9 in length, and from 

 66 to -68 in breadth. 



5. Shiraz, Persia, 3rd May. H. F. Witherby, Esq. [P.], 

 4. Jask, Gulf of Oman, 23rd March. S. Butcher, E*q. [P.]. 



4. Jask, 29th March. S. Butcher, Esq. [P.]. 



3. Jask, 29th March. S. Butcher, Esq. [P.I 

 2. Jask, 30th March. S. Butcher, Esq. [P.]. 



Galerida chendoola (Frankl.). 

 (Plate VIII. figs. IB & 14.) 



Galerida cristata, Oates, Faun. Brit. Ind., Birds, ii. p. 337 (1890) ; id., ed. 



Hume, Nest* # Eggs Ind. Birds, ii. p. 233 (1890). 

 G-alerida cristata chendoola, Hartert, Vog. Pal. Faun. pt. ii. p. 236 



(1894). 

 Galerida chendoola, Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 180 (1906). 



Eggs of the Indian Crested Lark resemble those of O. cristata in 

 colour and markings, but are, as a rule, considerably smaller. The 

 coloration of one clutch from Delhi is remarkable, the three eggs 

 being white, finely and somewhat sparingly spotted with blackish- 

 grey and lilac-grey, and with a few markings of deep olive-brown. 

 Sixteen examples measure from '81 to '88 in length, and from *62 to 

 68 in breadth. One egg from E. Narra is exceptionally long ; it 

 measures I'Oo by '68. 



