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M. cftlandra, but do not otherwise differ from them. They 

 measure from "9 to -95 in length, and from -61 to -68 in breadth. 



1 . Kazan, East Roumelia (Uoers- Crowley Bequest. 



mann: Tristram Coll.). 



2. Russia. Old Collection. 



4. S. Russia,. W. Radcliffe Saunders, Ksq. 



[PJ. 

 4. S. Russia. W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



[P.]. 

 4. S. Russia, 30th April. W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



[P.]. 

 4. Kherson, S. Russia, 18th May. W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq 



[P.]. 

 4. Lower Volga, S.E. Russia, 13th Crowlev Bequest. 



May {Bidwell Coll.). 

 4. . Lower Volga, 21 st May (Bidwell Crowley Bequest. 

 Coll.). 



3. Sarepta, S.E. Russia {Bidwell Crowley Bequest. 



Coll.). 



4. Sajepta {Bidwell Coll.). Crowley Bequest. 



4. Sarepta, 22nd April. W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



[P.]. 

 4. Sarepta (ff. F. Moschler). Seebohm Coll. 



4. Sarepta {H. F. M.). Seebohm Coll. 



2. Altai Mountains, 7th May. Crowley Bequest. 



Melanocorypha mongolica (Pall.). 



(Plate VII. fig. 1.) 



Melanocorypha mongolica, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xiii. p. 558 (1890) ; 

 Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 133 (1899) ; Dresser, Man. Pal. Birds, 

 pt. i. p. 385 (1902) ; Hartert, Vog. Pal. Faun. pt. ii. p. 212 (1904) ; 

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



Two eggs of the Mongolian Calandra Lark are similar to those 

 of M. calandra, but the specimen figured has a rather more 

 greenish appearance than any example of the latter in the Col- 

 lection. They measure respectively '94 by -72 and '97 by -71. 



2. Lake Baikal, Siberia, 3rd June. Crowley Bequest. 



Melanocorypha yeltoniensis {Forst). 



Alauda tartarica, Thien. Fortpflanz. ges. Vog. p. 386, tab. xxvi. fig. 8, a, h 



(1845-54). 

 Melanocorypha yeltoniensis, Dresser, Birds Eur. iv. p. 377 (1871) ; 



Shar'pe, Cat. Birds B. M. xiii. p. 659 (1890) ; Nehrk. Kat. Fier- 

 ■ samml. p. 183 (1899) ; Dresser, Man. Pal. Birds, pt. i. p. 386 (1902) ; 



Hartert, Vog. Pal. Faun. pt. ii. p. 213 (1904; ; Sharpe, Mand-l. v. 



p. 163 (1906). 

 Alauda tartarica, Bree, Birds Eur. 2nd ed. iii. p. 123, pi. (1875). 

 Alauda yeltoniensis, Bey, Eier Vog. Mitteleurop. p. 254, pi. 36. flg. 12 



(1900). 



Eggs of the Black Lark cannot be distinguished from those of 



