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2. Between Chemora and El Tliarf, Crowley Bequest. 



Algeria, 9tli May (H. B. T.). 



3. Ain Beida, Algeria, 7tli May Crowley Bequest. 



(-ff. B. T.). 



3. Zana, Algeria (O. Salvin). Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 1. Ain Djendeli, Algeria, May (O. S.). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



4. AinD'iendeli, ethMay (d. /?.). Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 8. Ain Djendeli (0. S.). Salvin-Godman CoU. 



Genus ALAUDULA, Horsf. Sf Moore. 



Alaudula raytal {Blyth), 



(Plate VII. fig. 15.) 



Alaudula raytal, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xiii. p. 591 (1890) ; Oates^ 

 Fauna Brit. Ind., Birds, ii. p. 330 (1890) ; id., ed. Hume, Nests Sr Eggs 

 hid. Birds, ii. p. 325 (1890) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 169 (1906). 



The eggs of the Ganges Sand- Lark are of a blunt oval form and 

 moderately glossy. They are greyish-white, profusely speckled all 

 over with yellowish-brown and underlying purplish-grey. Six 

 specimens measure from -7 to -77 in length, and from -51 to -56 in 

 breadth. 



1. Etawah, N.W. Provinces, India Hume Coll. 



( W. E. Brooks). 

 1. Hoshungabad, Central Provinces, Hume Coll. 



Ist May (E. C. Nunn). 

 1. Hoshungabad, 6th May (E. C. N.). Hume CoU. 

 3. Faridpur, Bengal, 10th April Hume Coll. 



(/. R. Cripps). 



Alaudula adamsi {Hume). 



Alaudula adamai, Sharpe. Cat. Birds B. M. xiii. p. 593 (1890) ; Oates, 

 Fauna Brit. Ind., Birds, ii. p. 331 (1890) ; id., ed. Hume, Nests Sf 

 Efjgs Ind. Birds, ii. p. 236 (1890); Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 133 

 (1889) ; Sharpe, Kand-l. v. p. 169 (1906). 



Four eggs of the Indus Sand-Lark resemble those of A. raytal, 

 but are larger, and in some specimens the markings are concentrated 

 round the larger end, and form a more or less marked zone. Four 

 eggs measure respectively : -76 by -58 ; 'S by -57 ; '8 by "58 ; -81 by -6. 



1. Jhelum River, Punjab, 30th March Hume Coll. 



(C. R. Cock). 

 3. Sind. Crowley Bequest. 



Alaudula heinei (Homeyer). 



Calandrella pispoletta. Dresser, Birds Eur. iv. p. 355 (1873) ; id., Man. 



Bal. Birds, pt. i. p. 395 (,1903). 

 Alaudula pispoletta, ISharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xiii. p. 587 (1890). 

 Alauda pispoletta, Rey, Eier Vog. Mitteleurop. p. 269, pi. 35. figs. 5-S 



(1900), 



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