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describe the nest and eggs, which have been placed at my disposal by Mr. Blanford. This 

 gentleman took the nest on the 20th of May, 1872, to the south-west of Kerman, in South 

 Persia, and shot the female bird as she left her eggs. The nest is a very slight structure, com- 

 posed of small faded grass bents, without any regular lining, and was placed on the ground ; the 

 eggs, three in number, resemble those of Calandrella brachydactyla, but are a trifle larger, have 

 the ground-colour clearer and paler, and the spots somewhat darker and more clearly defined. 

 Placing these three eggs in a series of those of C. brachydactyla I find I can distinguish them 

 by the above-mentioned differences. In my collection I have an egg sent to me by Dr. Baldamus 

 as being that of C. pispoletta, which, however, does not in the least resemble those taken by 

 Mr. Blanford, and I cannot look on it as genuine. 



The specimen figured and described is one from the Volga, in my collection. 



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



E Mus. H. E. Dresser. 



a, 3 , b, 2 • Volga, April (Moschler) . 



E Mus. hid. Calc. 



a, <s • East of Shiraz, Persia, May 1872 (W. T. Blanford). b, $ . South-west of Kerman, S. Persia, May 20th, 

 1872 (W. T. B.). c, <S. Shiraz, June 1869 (Major St. John). 



E Mus. B. Swinlwe. 

 a, b, <5 , c, $ . Talien, China, June 1860 (R. S.). 



E Mus. E. Hargitt. 

 a, 6 , b, ? . Volga, April (Moschler) . 



E Mus. Howard Saunders, 

 a, 6 ,b, 2. Volga, April (Moschler). 



