MIEAFRA. 13.J 



Mirafra woodwardi, Milllgan. 



(Plate VII. fig. 18.) 



Mirafra woodwardi, Milligan, Vict. Nat. xviii. p. 25 (1901): Shane, 

 Ifand-;. V. p. 17i (1906). ^ 



Pour eggs of Woodward's Bush-Lark are of a wide, slightly 

 pointed oval form and distinctly glossy. The ground-colour is 

 greenish- white or greyish-white, thickly spotted all over with dark 

 brown, olive-hrown, and lilac-grey. They measure respectively- 

 •73 by -55 ; -74 by ■.-)8 ; -75 by -57; 77 by -57. 



4. "West Australia. T. Carter, Esq. [0.]. 



Mirafra cantillans, Blyth. 



(Plate VII. flgs. 20 & 21.) 



Mirafra cantillans, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xiii. p. 605 (1890) ; Oates 

 Fauna Brit. Ind., Birds, ii. p. 333 (1890) ; id., ed. Hume, JVests ^ 

 JEygs Ind. Birds, ii. p. 227 (1890); Nehrh. Kat. Eiersamml. p 134 

 (1899) ; Sharpe, Sand-l. v. p. 173 (1906). 



The eggs of the Singing Bush-Lark vary from a pointed to a 

 blunt oval form and are moderately glossy. They are greyish- 

 white or pale greenish-white, densely marked with two or more 

 shades of brown and underlying lavender or purplish-grey. Some 

 .specimens are very distinctly spotted ; others are mottled and 

 blotched. Several specimens measure from '7 to 'SB in length, and 

 from '55 to •62 in breadth. 



3. Sind. Crowley Bequest. 



2. Lahore, Punjab, 7th June ( C. H. Hume Coll. 



T. Marshall). 



2. Jhansi, 0. Provs., June (F. M. Hume Coll. 



Blewitt). 



2. Jhansi, 27th July (F. JR. B.). Hume Coll. 

 1. Jhansi, Aug. (J". 2J. £.). Hume Coll. 



1. Hoshungabad, C. Provs., 16th Hume Coll. 



April (F. C. Nunn). 



Mirafra damarensis, Sharpe. 



Mirafra damarensis, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xiii. p. 612 (1890) ; Stark, 

 Faun. S. Afr., Birds, i. p. 211 (1900) ; Shelley, Birds Afr. iii. p. 58 

 (1902) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 173 (1906). 



Eggs of the Damaraland Bush-Lark are of a rounded or some- 

 what pointed oval form and very slightly glossed. The ground-colour 

 is whitish, more or less profusely mottled, spotted, or speckled with 

 reddish-brown, yellowish-brown, and lilac-grey. They measure from 

 •74 to •S in length, and from "58 to -Gl in breadth. 



3. Ondonga, Ovampoland (C. /. Crowley Bequest. 



Andersson : Tristram Coll.). 



2. Ondonga, 19th January (C. J. A. ; Crowley Bequest. 



Tristram Coll.). 



