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strophes of song. In general the song bears resemblance to that of the Sky-Lark, and, like that, 

 is uttered when on the Aving ; but it is scarcely so loud or continuous." 



The eggs of this species are not unlike those of the Wood-Lark, but are smaller, and the 

 spots are much more minute and less distinct. I have specimens from Asia Minor in my collection 

 which in size average f-J by f ^ inch, and are on a greyish-white ground, dotted all over with small 

 hair-brown spots, these being rather dull and blurred in one or two of the specimens. One has 

 the spots collected in a ring round the larger end, as is so often the case in eggs of the Wood- 

 Lark. 



It feeds on small seeds of various descriptions, and, during the spring, to some extent also 

 on insects. 



The adult specimen figured and described is in my own collection ; and the young bird 

 described is in that of Canon Tristram. 



In the preparation of the above article I have examined the following specimens : — 



E Mus. H. E. Dresser. 



a,b,c,d,(3,e,2- Basses- Alpes, France (Schliiter) . f. France? (Gardner). g,2- Barcelona, Spain, May 9th, 

 1866 (H. E. D.). h, i,j, k. I, m. Portugal, April 1869 (Dr. Key), n, $ , o, 6 . Ortakeuy, Turkey, April 

 1869 (Robsori). p, <$. Maslak, Turkey, April 24th, 1869 (Robson). q. Crimea (Whitely). r, s. Egypt, 

 (Rogers), t. Tangiers (Olcese). u. Algeria (Verreaux). v,w,x,y, 6 ,z,2- Smyrna, April (Dr. Kriiper). 

 a a, d . Chemkend, Russian Turkestan, March 21st, 1866 (Severtzoff). bb, <S , cc, 2 • Etawah, N.W. 

 India (W. E. Brooks). 



E Mus. Lord Walden. 



a, d , b. Ortakeuy, Turkey (Robson). c, <$, d, $. Smyrna, April 14th, 1863 (Dr. Kriiper). e,f. Maunbhoom, 

 India, March 1864 (Beavan). g. Punjab, February 1869. h. Alma, near Huleh, Palestine, May 26th, 

 1864 (H. B. Tristram.) 



E Mus. H. B. Tristram. 



a, 2 ■ Merom, May 19th, 1864 ; b, <J . El Sahra, Damascus, June 11th, 1864 ; c, ? . Merom ; d, ■& . Palestine, 

 June 1st, 1864; e,juv. Baalbec, June 14th, 1864; f,juv. Foot of Hermon, June 4th, 1864 (H. B. T.). 

 g, h. India (caged specimens) . 



E Mus. Howard Saunders. 



a, s- Malaga, Spain, April 6th, 1872; b, 3 juv. Malaga, July 29th, 1872; c, 6. Valencia, May, 7th; d. 

 Granada; e, ?. Prat, Mallorca, May 17th, 1870 (H. S.). f,g. Genoa, August 30th, 1869; h, d. 

 Constantinople, April 16th, 1866 (Robson). 



E Mus. G. E. Shelley, 

 a, b, c,d,2. Egypt, March 1871 ; e. Egypt, April 1871 (G. E. S.). 



E Mus. Ind. Calc. 



a, s- S.E. Persia, April 26th, 1872; b, c, S, ?. S.E. Persia, May 2nd, 1872; d, 2 • S. Persia, May 22nd, 

 1872; e,juv. S. Persia, May 29th, 1872; f,d. S. Persia, June 1st, 1872; g, h, 6 , $ . S. Persia, June 

 25th, 1872; i,j, <j , ?. S. Persia, June 28th, 1872 (W. T. Blanford). k, ?. Shiraz, November 1870 

 (Major St. John). 



E Mus. JBerol. 

 a. France (no. 5403). 



