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seldom attain the dimensions of blotches. They are generally very 

 dense at the broad end of the egg, where they become confluent and 

 often form a large cap or a wide wreath. Specimens measure from 

 7 to -9 in length, and from -6 to -69 in breadth. 



CrowJey Bequest. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 



Seebohm Coll. 



Seebohm Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 



J. Whitehead, Esq. [0.1. 

 Seebohm CoU. 



Seebohm Coll. 



W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



[P.]. 

 W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



[P.]. 

 W. Radcliffe Saunders. Esq. 



[P.]. 

 W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



[P.]. 

 W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



[PA 

 \V. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



[P.]. 

 W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



[P.]. 



Seebohm Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 



3. Thetford, Norfolk (Tristram Coll.). 



4. Elvedon, Suffolk. 



3. Elvedon, 27th March. 



3. Holland. 



4. Holland. 



2. Elbeuf, France (Noury : Hargitt 



Coll.). 

 2. Vosges, France (Mougel: Hargitt 



Coll.}. 



4. Vosges (Mongel : Hargitt Coll.). 

 2. Vagney, Vosges (Mougel : Hargitt 



Coll.}. 



5. Corsica, 13th May. 



2. Pomerania, Germany, llth May 



(T. Holland}. 



3. Pomerania, llth May (T. H.}. 



4. Brandenburg, 25th April. 



3. Brandenburg, 26th June. 



4. Cassel, Westphalia, 2nd May. 

 4. Hesse, 10th May. 



4. Alsace, 21st May. 



4. South Spain, 4th May. 



4. Herzegovina, 2nd June. 



5. Parnassus, 1 4th May ( T. Kriiper} . 



3. Parnassus, 20th May (T. K.). 

 5. Parnassus, 23rd May (T. K.}. 



4. Parnassus, 28th May (2*. K.). 



Clutch containing an egg of the Cuckoo (Cuculus canorus}. 

 3. Hesse, Germany, 30th May. W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



Genus CALENDULA, Swains. 

 Calendula crassirostris (Vieill.). 

 (Plate VIII. figs. 17 & 18.) 



Alauda crassirostris, Thien. Fortpjl. ges. Vog. p. 379, tab. xxvi. fig. 9 



(1845-54). 

 Calendula crassirostris, Sharpe, ed. Layard, Birds S. Africa, p. 513 



(1875-84) ; id., Cat. Birds B. M. xiii. p. 639 (1890) ; Nekrk. Kat. 



Eiersamml. p. 134 (1899); Stark, Faun. S. Afr., Birds, \. p. 202 



(1900) ; Shelley, B. Afr. iii. p. 115 (1902) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 182 



(1906> 



