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Genus EREMOPTERYX, Kemp. 



Eremopteryx australis (Smith). 



(Plate Yin. fig. 23.) 



Pyrrhulauda australis, Ayres, Ibis, 1871, p. 258 ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. 

 xiii. p. 651 (1890) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml p. 135 (1899) ; Stark, 

 Faun. S. Afr.. Birds, i. p. 194 (1900) ; Shelley, Birds Afr. iii. p. 76 

 (1902). 



Eremopteryx australis, Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 186 (1908). 



Three eggs of the Dark-naped Finch-Lark are of a regular oval 

 shape and very slightly glossed. They are greyish-white, profusely 

 speckled and spotted all over with olive-brown and lavender-grey, 

 the markings being somewhat concentrated round the larger end so 

 as to form a more or less distinct zone. They measure from '7 to 

 71 in length, and from *5 to *53 in breadth. 



3. Potchefstroom, Transvaal (T. Orowley Bequest. 



Ayres: Tristram Coll.). 



Eremopteryx grisea (Scop.). 



Pyrrhulauda grisea, Legge, Birds Ceylon, p. 637 (1879) ; Sharpe, Cat. 



Birds B. M. xiii. p. 652 (1890) ; Oates, Fauna Brit. 2nd., Birds, ii. 



p. 341 (1890) ; id., ed. Hume, Nests $ Eggs Ind. Birds, ii. p. 234 



(1890) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml p. 135 (1899). 

 Eremopteryx grisea, Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 187 (1908). 



The eggs of the Ashy-crowned Finch-Lark are mostly of a pointed 

 oval form and exhibit a moderate amount of gloss. The ground- 

 colour is white, tinged with grey or green, and is thickly speckled 

 and mottled with two or more shades of brown and underlying 

 lavender. In two specimens the markings are of a purplish-brown 

 colour and cover nearly the whole of the shell, but as a rule the 

 markings, though dense, permit a considerable portion of the ground- 

 colour to be seen. Specimens measure from '69 to '79 in length, and 

 from -5^-6 in breadth. 



1. N.W. Provinces (A. Anderson: Crowley Bequest. 



Tristram Coll.). 



1. N.W. Provinces ( W. E. Brooks: Crowley Bequest. 



Tristram Coll.). 



1. Bareilly, N.W. Provs., 10th April. Hume Coll. 



1. Aligarh, N.W. Provs., 30th Hume Coll. 



March (G. F. L. Marshall). 



2. Jhansi, N.W. Provs. Hume Coll. 



1. Hoshungabad, C. Provs., 6th April Hume Coll. 



(E. C. Nunn). 



3. Saugor, C. Provs. (F. JR. Blewitt). Hume Coll. 



2. Raipur, C. Provs. (F. R. B.). Hume Coll. 



1, Raipur (F. JR. B.). Hume Coll. 



2. Sholapur, Rombay Pres., 18th July Hume Coll. 



(J. Davidson). 



2. Sholapur (J. D.). Hume Coll. 



2. Salem, Madras, 21st Aug. (A. G. R, Hume Coll. 



Theobald). 



