144 Col. R. jMehiertzhagen 07i the [Ibis. 



but sometimes in the open. Tliey were always thinly lined 

 with wool, cotton, or fine grass. Eggs dull white, pro- 

 fusely spotted with yellowish and dark brown, with occa- 

 sionally a few dark streaks at the larger end. Average 

 measurement o£ eight eggs : '87 l)v '65 inch. 



I unfortunately brouglit home only one specimen, but I 

 cannot see any difference between it and birds from South 

 Persia and Turkestan. 



Alauda arvensis. 



-J. a. ijnerea Ehmcke. 



An abundant winter visitor, commencing to arrive abopt 

 the middle of November, and first noticetl on 11. xi. It was 

 still round Quetta at the end of February. 



The wings of two males measured 114 and 115 mm., and 

 of one female 100 mm. 



Alauda gulgula. 



A, (J. incoiispicua Severt. 



There were a few pairs of tliis interesting race breeding 

 round Khushdil Reservoir from May to July, but they were 

 not noted at any other time or place. A nest with three eggs 

 was found on 17. v., all being typical of the Skylark, 

 except that there was a distinct zone of hair-lines round the 

 larger end of the egg. The nest was placed some 150 yards 

 from the water's edge and on almost bare earth, ill-concealed 

 by old withered-up grass-stalks. A simihir nest was found at 

 the same place with three ne•.^ly-hatched young on ll.vii., 

 possibly a second brood. 



This is a very distinct, large, and grey form of yulyula 

 which has hitherto not been obtained out of Transcaspia 

 and Turkestan. I obtained a pair which compare well with 

 Turkestan birds at Tring. The wing of the male measures 

 98 and of the female 97 mm. 



Alaemon alaudipes. 



A. a. imllida (Blyth). 



One obtained on 3. xi. must have been a straggler, as no 

 others were seen and there are none in the Quetta Museum. 

 It is, however, said to occur at Nushki, 



