122 ALAULID^. 



4. Ei-nazeralia, Albania, 13th May W. Radclifie Saunders, Esq. 

 (0. ni [P.]. 



3. Greece, 24th June (Bidtoell Coll.). Crowley Bequest. 

 2. Athens, 28th May ( T. Kriiper). Seebohm Coll. 



2. Athens, 1st Juue (T.X.). ■ Seebohm Coll. 



2. Kustendji, Turkey (Dr. Cullen : Seebohm Coll. 



Hargitt Coll.). ' 



4. Asia Minor, 12th May (C. G. Seebohm Coll. 



Danford). 

 4. Tunis. L. Fraaer, Esq. [C.]. 



4. Djebel Drer, Tunis, 3rd May W. Radcliff'e Saunders, Esq. 



[P. Spatz). [P.]. 



1. Ain Beida, Algeria, 4th May Salvin-Qodman Coll. 



(O. Salvin). 



3. Ain Beida, May {0. S.). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



3. Ain Beida, May (O. S.). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



4. Ain Beida, May (0. S.). Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 A. Ain Beida, May (0. S.). Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 1. Ain Beida, 17th May ( W. H. Crowley Bequest. 



Simpson: Tristram Coll.). 

 4. Ain Djendeli, Algeria, 18th May Crowley Bequest. 

 (Tristram Cull.). 



Melanocorypha bimaculata (Mmetr.). 



(Plate VI. flg. 21.) 



Melanocorypha bimaculata, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xiii. p. 565 (1890) ; 

 Dresser, Man. Pal. Birds, pt. i. p. 384 (1902) ; Withevby, Ibis, 1903, 

 p. 526 ; Rartert, Vog. Pal. Faun. pt. ii. p. 210 (1904) ; Sharpe, 

 Hand-l. v. p. 163 (1906). 



Pour eggs of the Eastern Calandra Lark are of a rather long 

 oval shape and moderately glossy. The ground-colour is greyish- 

 white, densely and evenly covered with small blotches and 

 markings of olive-brown and lavender-grey. They measure 

 respectively : -96 by -68 ; -98 by -66 ; -99 by -68 ; 1-0 by -68. 



4. Kuldja, Mongolia, 28th April. W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



[P.]. ' 



Melanocorypha sibirica (Omel.). 



Melanocorypha leucoptera, Baedeker, JEier Ear. Vog. tab. 66. fig. 7 



(1855-63). 

 Alauda sibirioa, Bree, Birds Eur. 2nd ed. iii. p. 130, pi. (1875) ; 



Seebohm, Brit. Birds, ii. p. 279, pi. 15 (1 884) ; id., Eggs of Brit. Birds, 



p. 257, pi. 58. fig. 13 (1896) ; Rey, Eier Vog. Mitleleurop. p. 255, 



pi. 86. figs. 6-9 ('1900). 

 Melanocorypha sibirica, Dresser, Birds Eur. iv. p. 373 (1873) ; Sharpe, 



Cat. Birds B. M. xiii. p. 557 (1890) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. 



p. 133 (1899); Dresser, Man. Pal. Birds, pt. i. p. 385 (1902); 



Hartert, Vog. Pal. Faun. pt. ii. p. 211 (1904) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. v. 



p. 163 (1906). 



Eggs of the "White-winged Lark are smaller than those of 



