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boldly marked and blotched all over the shell witli olive-brown and 

 pale lavender-grey; in the other two the blotches are greyish- 

 brown, and present a more marbled appearance. They measure 

 respectively : -81 by -59 ; -86 by -6 ; -87 by -63 ; -88 by -65. 



4. Portland, Oregon, June. W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



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Genus MELANOCOEYPHA, Boie. 



Melanocoryplia calandra (Linn.). 



Alauda calandra, Thien. Fortpjlanz. ges. Vog. p. 381, tab. xxvi. fig. 6, a-d 



(1845-54) ; Bree, Birds Eur. 2nd ed. iii. p. 120, pi. (1875) ; Seebohm, 



Eggs of Brit. Birdi, p. 258, pi. 58. tig. 16 (1896) ; Rey, Eier Vog. 



Mitteleurop. p. 253, pi. 36. figs. 23-27 (1900). 

 Melanocorypha calandra, Baedeker, Eier Eur. Vog. tab. 66. fig. 6 (1855- 



63); Salvin, Ibis, 1859, p. 315; Saunders, Ibis, 1871, p. 217; 



Dresser, Birds Eur. iv. p. 365 (1871) ; Danford, Ibis, 1878, p. 21 ; 



Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xiii. p. 551 (1890) ; Nehrh. Kat. 



Eiersamml. p. 133 (1899) ; Dresser, Man. Pal. Birds, pt. i. p. 382 



(1902) ; Whitaher, Birds Tunis, i. p. 285 (1905) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. 



V. p. 162 (1906). 

 Melanocorypha calandra calandra, Hartert, Vog. Pal. Faun. pt. ii. p. 208 



(1904). 



The eggs of the Calandra Lark vary from a pointed to a blunt 

 oval form and are sometimes very glossy. They var}' in ground- 

 colour from greyish-whito to very pale greenish- or olive-white, and 

 are marked with rather coarse spots and blotches of olive-brown 

 and umber-brown, together with underlying blotches and smears of 

 purplish-grey or pale lavender. The markings are, as a rule, dense 

 all over the shell, especially on the broad end, where they often 

 run into each other and form an imperfect cap ; but three examples 

 from Dinos, Albania, present a rather different type of coloration, 

 being sparingly marked with pale reddish-brown and lavender. 

 Numerous specimens measure from •86 to 1-05 in length, and from 

 •68 to -78 in breadth. 



4. Spain, 2nd June (Bidwell Coll.). Crowley Bequest. 



2. Spain, 11th June (H. Saunders: Seebohm CoU. 



Sargiti Coll.). 

 4. Malaga, Spain, 3rd .Tune (H. S.). Seebohm Coll. 



3. Seville, Spain, 23rd April (if. <S.). Seebohm Coll. 



2. Seville, May {S. S.). Seebohm Coll. 



4. Seville, 14th May {H. S.). Seebohm Coll. 

 4. Seville, 14th May {H. S.). Seebohm Coll. 



1. Dalmatia. Tliienemann Coll. 



4. Cemasko, Montenegro, May. W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq, 



3. Dinos, Albania, 23rd June (0. W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



Beiser). [P.]- 



6. Dinos, 23rd June (0. It.). W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



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