130 



ALAUDIDiE. 



id., Eggs of Brit. Birds, p. 258, pi. 68. fig. 14 (1896) ; Bey, Bier Vbg. 



Mitteleurop. p. 259, pi. 35. figs. 1-4 (1900). 

 Calandrella bracnydactyla, Baedeker, Bier Bur. Jog. tab. 66. fig. 2 



(1855-63); &ij;m, /Ws, 1859, p. 315 ; Saunders, Ibis, 1871, p. 217; 



Dresser, Birds Bur. iv. p. 341 (1873) ; LUford, Ibis, 1889, p. 324 ; 



Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xiii. p. 580 (1890) ; Oates, Fauna Brit. 



Ind., Bird's, ii. p. 327 (1890) ; Dresser, Ma%. Pal. Birds, pt. i. p. 393 



(1902) ; WhUaher, Birds Tunis, i. p. 280 (1905) ; Sharpe, Hand-l 



V. p. 168 (1906). 

 CalandreUa brachvdactyla brachydactyla, Hartert, Vog. Pal. Faun. pt. ii. 



p. 214 (1904)". 



Eggs of the Short-toed Lark are generally of a pointed oval shape 

 and moderately glossy. The ground-colour varies from creamy 

 white to greenish- or greyish-white, and the markings are of two 

 types. In one the eggs are profusely mottled with pale brown and 

 lavender-grey, and the markings are pretty evenlj' distributed over 

 the whole shell ; in the second, the eggs are marked with rather 

 distinct spots and blotches of darker brown and pale purplish-grey, 

 which are larger and more dense at the broad end, where they form 

 an irregular cap or zone. The general aspect of the eggs of this 

 Lark is decidedly yellowish. Specimens measure from '75 to "85 in 

 length, and from '55 to "62 in breadth. 



[Germany.] ; '^'■;;<; 

 Spain, 4tli July'{H'. Saunders). 

 Malaga, Spain, 3rd June (H.. S.). 

 Malaga,, 30lh May {H. S. .- Hnrgitt 



Coll.). 

 Ooliiienar, Spain, May. 

 Mostar, Herzegovina, 24th May 



(O. Peiser). 

 Mostar, 24th May (O. P.). 



5. Greece (T.'Kriiper). 



3*. Albania, 24th May (O. P.). 



3*. Albania, 22nd June (O. P.). 



4. Attica, Greece, 2nd May. 



3. 



Athens, Greece, 10th May 



{T.Krilper). 

 Athens, 23rd Mav (T. K). 

 Athens, 23rd May {T. K.). 

 Athens, 23rd May (T. E.). 

 Athens, 26th May (T. K.). 

 Parnassua, 12th May {T. K.). 

 Mount Hermon, Palestine, 



27th May (H. B. Tristram). 

 Kedesh, Galilee, 26th May 



{H. B. T.). 

 Cyprus. 



Crowley Bequest. 

 Seebolim Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 



Seebohm Coll., 



W. Radcliifu Sounders, Esq . 



[P-l- 

 W. Eadoliife Saunders, Esq. 



[P.]. 

 Crowley Bequest. 

 W. Eadcliife Saunders, Esq. 



W. Eadfliffe Saunders, Esq. 



[P.]. 

 W. Radclifte Saunders, Esq. 



[P.]. 

 Seebohm Coll. 



Seebohm Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 

 Crowley Bequest. 



Crowley Bequest. 



Lord Lilford [P.]. 



* Two clutches laid by 1.1. e same female (fide O, Eeiser). 



