1920.] Birds of North-East Chihii. 903 



several flocks of these Larks and shot a number of speci- 

 mens. I have one example from the neighbourhood of 

 Slianhaikuan shot on the 25th of April of the following year. 

 I liave never noticed any myself. So far as I could make 

 out, there were none of these birds among the flocks of 

 larks seen on the 14th and 15tli of November, 1914. 



137. Galerida cristata leautungensis Swinhoe. 



Galerida cristata D. & O. p. 317- 



The North China Crested Lark is a common resident in 

 the liill-country. I have seen two examples on the coast: 

 one at the port on the 4tli of October, 1912, in stormy 

 weather, and the other in the vicinity of the marshes on the 

 12th of October, 1913. The weather on the latter day was fine 

 and warm with a light westerly breeze. Both of these birds 

 were doubtless chance stragglers from the foot-hills. Three 

 clutches of eggs were brought to me by ray collector from 

 Slianhaikuan. The nests are rather large cups of dried 

 grasses and bents, lined with finer grasses, of the usual lark 

 type. The measjirements of three nests are as follows : — 



The eggs are moderately glossy and vary in shape from 

 broad ovate to oval-ovate. The ground-colour is yellowish 

 white or white. One of the clutches obtained in 1914 is 

 rather heavily, but not thickly, spotted and speckled with 

 brown and violet-grey, the hitter on the surface as well as 

 within the shell. The markings in the clutch dated 3 May, 

 1915, arc similar to these, but the eggs have a light cap. 

 Those of a clutch dated ]() May, 1915, without a nest, arc 

 also similar, but more closely and finely marked ; one egg 

 has a zone and the others a rough cap. The other -clutch 



