OTOCOETS. 117 



Otocorys elweai, Blanf. 



Otocorys elwesi, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xiii. p. 534 (1890) ; Oates, 

 Fauna Brit. Ind., Birds, ii. p. 321 (1890) ; id., ed. Hume, Nests ^ Eggs 

 Ind. Birds, ii. p. 220 (1890) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 158 (1906). 



Otocorjs longirostris elwesi, Oberholser, P. U. S. Nat. Mus. xxiv. p. 868 

 (1902). 



Eremophila alpestris elwesi, SaHert, Fog. Pal. Faun. pt. iii. p. 260 

 (1905). 



The eggs of Elwes's Horned Lark in the C&Ueotion aj-eot a blnrit 

 oval shape and moderately glossy. They are greyish-white, pro- 

 fusely mottled with pale olive-brown and underlying pale purplish- 

 grey. They measure respectively : -9 by •65 ; "9 by "67. 



2. Native Sikhim, 20th Jane Hume Coll.. 



(i. Mandelli). 



Otocorys penicillata {Gould). 



Otocorys penicillata, Dresser, Birds Eur. iv. p. 395 (1874) ;■ Sharpe, Cat. 



Birds B. M. xiii. p. 530 (1890) ; Oates,, Favma Brit. IrCd., Birds, ii. 



p. 319 (1890) ; Dresser, Man. Pal. Birds, i. p. 381 (1902) ; Sharpe, 



Hand-l. V. p. 169 (1906). 

 Otocoris penicillata penicillata, Oberholser, P. IT. S. Nat.. Mus. xxiv. 



p. 874 (1902). 

 Eremophila alpestris penicillata, Hartert, Vog. Pal. Faun. pt. iii. p. 261 



(1905). 



The eggs of the Eastern, or Gould's, Horned Lark are of a pointed 

 oval shape and moderately glossy. They are greenish-white, pro- 

 fusely mottled with greenish-grey and underlying grey or, pale 

 lavender. The markings are dense everywhere, but they are more 

 so at the broad end, where they form either a slight cap or an 

 irregular zone. Pive examples measure from -9 to '94 in length, 

 and from -66 to "7 in breadth. 



5. South-east Russia (H. F. Mosehler). Seebohm Coll. 



Otocorys balcanica, Beichenow. 



Otocoris penicillata balcanica, Oberholser, P. U. S. Nat. Mus. xxiv. 



p. 876 (1902). 

 Eremophila alpestris balcanica, Hartert, Vog. Pal. Faun. pt. iii. 



p. 262 (1905). 

 Otocorys balcanica, Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 159 (1906). 



Three eggs of the Balkan Horned Lark closely resemble those of 

 0. elwesi described above, but are of a rather longer oval shape. 

 The ground-colour is whitish densely mottled and freckled with 

 olive-brown and greyish. They measure respectively : -91 by -67 ; 

 •95 by •68 ; -97 by •67. 



3. Servia, 27th May (0. JReiser). W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



