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Alaudula minor (Cab.). 



Calandrella minor, Dresser, Birds Eur. iv. p. 349 (1873) ; id., Man. Pal. 



Birds, pt. i. p. 394 (1902) ; Whitaker, Birds Tunis, i. p. 283 (1905). 

 Alaudula minor, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xiii. p. 588 (1890) [pt.] ; id., 



Hmd-l. V. p. 170 (1906). 

 Calandrella minor minor, Hartert, Vog. Pal. Faun. pt. ii. p. 218 (1904). 



Two eggs of the Lesser Short-toed Lark are of a wide, pointed 

 oval form. They have the ground-colour pale greenish-white, 

 blotched with olive-brown and lilac-grey : in one specimen most of 

 the markings are concentrated towards the larger end so as to form 

 a cap, in the second they form a zone round the middle of the shell. 

 They measure respectively : '76 by "58 ; -75 by '57. 



2. Algeria, 10th April. Crowley Bequest. 



Alaudula rufescens ( Vieill.). 



Alaudula minor, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xiii. p. 588 (1890) [pt.j. 

 Callandrella minor rufescens, Sartert, Vog. Pal. Faun. pt. ii. p. 217 



(1904). 

 Alauda rufescens, Sharpe, Sand-l. v. p. 170 (1906). 



Pive eggs of the Tenerife Lark are indistinguishable from those 

 of Calandrella hrachydactyla, and vary equally in colour and 

 markings. They measure from -76 to -83 in length, and from -SS 

 to "6 in breadth. 



5. Tenerife, Canary Islands. W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



Alaudula polatzeki, Hartert. 



Alaudula minor, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xiii. p. 688 (1890) [pt.]. 

 Calandrella minor polatzeki, HaHert, Vog. Pal. Faun. pt. li. p. 217 



(1904). 

 Alaudula polatzeki, Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 170 (1906). 



Eggs of the Fuertaventura Lark do not differ from those of 

 A. rufescens. They vary from -71 to -79 in length, and from -65 to 

 •58 in breadth. 



6 Fuertaventura, Canary Islands. W. Radcliffe Sauriders, Esq. 



[P.]. 

 4. Fuertaventura, March (Perci/ Crowley Bequest. 



Sendall: Tristram Coll.). 

 3. Fuertaventura, March (P. R. ■ Crowley Bequest. 



Tristram Coll.). 



