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those of M. assamica. They measure from -7 to -83 in length, and 

 from -55 to -62 in breadth. 



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

 21st July (C. T. Bingham). 



1. Bareilly, N.W. Provs., 24th May. Hume Coll. 



2. Etawah, N.W. Provs., 24th March Crowley Bequest. 



(W.E. Brooks: Tristram Coll.). 



3. Mirzapur, N.W; Provs., 22nd June Crowley Bequest. 



( W. E. B. : Tristram Coll.). 



1. Hoshungabad, C. Provs., 22nd July Huilie Coll. 



(JE. C. Nunn). 



15. Jhansi, Aug. (F. It. Blewitt). Hume Coll. 



2. Sanger, C. Provs. (F. R. B.). Hume Coll. 

 2. Saugor, 14th July (F. JR. B.). Hume Coll. 

 S. Raipur, C. Provs., J une (F. B. B.) . Hume Coll. 



Mirafra affinis, Jerd. 

 (Plate VII. fig. 22.) 



lliiatra,a&ma,Legge, Birds Ceylon,^. 634(1879); Sharpe,Cat.BirdsB.M. 

 xiii. p. 614 (1890) ; Oates, Faun. Brit. Ind., Birds, ii. p. 335 (1890) ; 

 id., ed. Hume, Nests 8r Eggs Ind. Birds, ii. p. 233 (1890) ; Nehrk. 

 Eat. Eiersamml. p. 184 (1899) ; Sharpe, Rand-l. v. p. 174 (1906). 



Two eggs of the Madras Bush-Lark are of a rather long oval 

 shape and slightly glossy. The ground-colour is whitish, profusely 

 spotted and speckled with reddish-brown and lilac- grey, the 

 markings being most numerous towards the broad end of the shell, 

 where they are larger and more or less confluent, forming an ill- 

 defined cap. They measure respectively "91 by '62 and '91 by 'GS. 



2. North Central Province, Ceylon, Crowley Bequest. 

 12th June (A. L. Butler). 



Genus SPIZALAUDA, Blyth. 



Spizalauda deva {Syhes). 



(Plate VIII. figs. 2-4.) 



Spizalauda deva, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xiii. p. 621 (1890) ; Nehrk. 



Eat. Eiersamml. p. 134 (1899) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 177 (1906). 

 Galerita deva, Oates, Faun. Brit. Ind., Birds, ii. p. 338 (1890) ; id., 



ed. Hume, Nests 8r Eggs Ind. Birds, ii. p. 236 (1890). 



The eggs of Sykes's Crested Lark are typically of a pointed oval 

 shape, and they usually exhibit a considerable amount of gloss. The 

 majority are greyish-white or cream-colour, profusely speckled 

 and mottled with yeUowish-brown or olive-brown, the markings 

 being particularly dense at the broad end, where they are generally 

 confluent and form a cap or zone. Some specimens differ in being 



