124 ALAUDID^. 



M. calandrcf. They measure from I'O to l-l in length, and from 

 •7 to -72 in breadth. 



1. Volffa R., S. Russia {Nehrkorn Crowley Bequest. 



Coll.). 

 4. Astrakhan {Henke). Seebohm Coll. 



2. Kirghiz Steppes, 8th June. W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



[P.]. 

 2. Irkutsk, S. Siberia, 17th May. Crowley Bequest. 



Genus TEPHROCORYS, Sharpe. 



Tephrocorys ciaerea (Omel.). 



(Plate VII. figs. 2-4.) 



Tephrocorys cinerea, Sharpe, ed. Layard, Birds S. Africa, p. 611 

 (1876-84) i Butler, Feildm ^ Meid, Zool. 1882, p. 302 ; Sharpe, 

 Cat. Birds B. M. xiii. p. 661 (1890") ; Nehrk. Kat. Mersnmml. 

 p. 133 (1899) ; Starh, Faun. S. Afr., Birds, i. p. 222 (1900) ; Shelley, 

 B. Afr. iii. p. 123 (1902) [part.] ; Sharps, Jiand-l. v. p. 164 (1906). 



Eggs of the Eed-headed Lark are of a regular oval shape and 

 slightly glossy. They are white or greenish-white, mottled all 

 over with brown and purplish-grey. They measure from "82 to "9 

 in length, and from -56 to -62 in breadth. 



2. South Africa (F. L. Layard). Crowley Bequest. 



g 



South Africa. E. L. Layard, Esq. [P.J. 



4. Newcastle, Natal, 7th Nov. Capt. Savile G. Reid [C.]. 



1. Newcastle, 9th Nov. {E. A. Crowley Bequest. 



Butler). 



2. Newcastle, 9th Sept. Major R. Spaa:row [P.]. 



2. Newcastle, 30th Oct. Major R. Sparrow [P.". 



3. Heilbron, O.R.C., Sept. R. B. Woosnam, Esq. [C.]. 

 2. Bloemfontein, 6th Sept. R. E. Dent, Esq. [C.]. 



Tephrocorys anderssoni (Tristr.). 

 (Plate VII. fig. 5.) 



Tephrocorys anderssoni, Snarpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xiii. p. 564 (1890) ■ 



Stark, Faun. S. Afr., Birds, i. p. 224 (1900). 

 Tephrocorys cinerea, Shelley, B. Afr. iii. p. 123 (1902) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. 



V. p. 164 (1906) [part.]. 



Two eggs of Andersson's Red-capped Lark are of a regular oval 

 shape and without any gloss. The ground-colour is white, marked 

 all over with reddish-brown and violet-grey ; in one example all 

 the markings are small, but in the one figured there are a number 

 of reddish-brown blotches, especially round the larger end. They 

 measure respectively '76 by '56 and "76 by "57. 



2. Otjimbinque, Damaraland ( C. J. Crowley Bequest. 

 Andersson : Tristrani Coll.). 



