118 



ALATJDIDiE. 



Otocorys albigula, Bonap. 



Eremophila alpestria albigula, Sartert, Vog. Pal. Faun. pt. iii. 



p. 263 (1905). 

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



Six eggs of the Transcaspian Horned Lark are of a pointed oval 

 form and glossy. They vary somewhat in appearance : four have 

 the ground-colour greenish-white, thickly mottled all. over with" 

 olive-brown aju\ grey, the markings being most numerous round 

 the larger end, where they form a more or less defined zone, while 

 one has also well-defined black hair-lines on the larger end. A 

 fifth specimen has the ground-colour dull yellowish-white, the 

 markings fewer and often in the form of blotches, while in the 

 sixth specimen the whole surface is thickly but indistinctly mottled 

 with fine speckles of brown and grey. They measure respectively : 

 •89 by -62 ; -9 by -66 ; -95 by -68 ; (2) -98 by -69 ; -99 by -68. 



4. Issik Kill, Turkestan, 7th May. W. Eadclifie Saunders, Esq. 



[P-]- 

 2. Askabad; North Persia, 26th May. Crowley Bequest. 



Otocorys bicornis, Brehm. 



Otocorys penicillata, Tristram (nee Gould), Ibis, 1866, p. 288. 



Otocoris penicillata bicornis, Oberholser, P. U. S. Nat. Mus. xxiv. t) 878 



(1902). ^ 



Eremophila alpestris bicornis, Ilartert, Vog. Pal. Faun. pt. iii. p. 263 



(1905). 

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



An egg of the Palestine Horned Lark closely resembles those of 



0. penicillata described above, but is rather larger and not quite so 

 heavily marked. It measures 1-0 by -68. 



1. Pass above Cedars of Lebanon, Crowley Bequest 



Palestine, 24th May (J. H. Coch- 

 rane: Tristram Coll.). 



Otocorys leucolsema (Coues). 



Otocoris alpestris leucolssma, Oberholser, P. U. S. Nat Mtis vxiv 

 p. 820 (1902). ^ '^• 



Otocorys leuoolaema, Sharpe, Sand-l. v. p. 159 (1906). 



Four eggs of the Desert Horned Lark are perfectly similar to the 

 first pair of 0. pratioola described below, having a greenish ground 

 densely and finely mottled, especially round the larger end with 

 olive-brown and grey. They measure respectively: -84 b'v -6 • 

 (2) -85 by -6 ; -86 by -6. i- .y uy o , 



4. Lawrence, Kansas, 25th April. W. Eadcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



