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seldom attain the dimensions of blotches. . They are generally very 

 dense at the broad end of the egg, where they become confluent and 

 often form a large cap or a wide wreath. Specimens measure from 

 • 7 to -9 in length, and from -6 to -69 in breadth. 



.3. 



4. 

 3. 

 3. 



4. 

 2. 



2. 



4; 

 2. 



5. 

 2. 



3. 



4. 



Thetford,Norfolk {Tristram Coll.). 



Elvcdon, Suffolk. 



Elvedon, 27th March, 



Holland. 



Holland. 



Elbeuf, France {Noury : Hargitt 



Coll.). 

 Vosges, France (Mougel: Hargitt 



Coll.). 

 Voages (Mougel: Hargitt Coll.). 

 Vagney, Vosges {Mougel : Hargitt 



Coll.). 

 Corsica, 13th May. 

 Pomerania, Germany, 11th May 



(T. Holland). 

 Pomerania, 11th May (T. H.). 

 Brandenburg, 25th April. 



Brandenburg, 26th June. 



Cassel, Westphalia, 2nd May. 



Hesse, 10th May. 



Alsace, 21st May. 



South Spain, 4th May. 



HerzegOTina, 2ud June. 



Parnassus, 14th May (T. Kriiper). 

 Parnassus, 20th May (T. K.). 

 Parnassus, 23rd May (T. K.). 

 Parnassus, 28th May {T. K.). 



Crowlgy Bequest. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Salpin-Godman Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll, 



Seebohm Coll. 



Seebohm Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 



J. Whitehead, Esq. [C.]. 

 Seebohm CoU. 



Seebohm Coll. 



W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



[PJ. 

 W. Eadcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



[P.]. 

 W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



[P.]. 

 W. Eadcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



[P.]. 

 W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



[P.]. 

 W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



[P.]. 

 W. Eadcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



[P.]. 

 Seebohm Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 



Clutch containing an egg of the Cuchoo {Ouculus canorus). 



3. Hesse, Germany, SOth May. W. Eadcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



[P.]. 



Genus CALENDULA, Swains. 

 Calendula crassirostris (Vieill.). 

 (Plate VIII. flgs. 17 & 18.) 



Alauda crassirostris, TMen. Fortpjl. ges. Vog. p. 379, tab. xxvi. &s 9 

 (1845-54). _ 



Calendula crassivostiis, Sharps, ed. Znyard, Birds S. Africa, p 513 

 (1875-84) ; id., Cat. Birds B. M. xiii. p. 639 (1890) ; Nehrk.' Kat. 

 Eiersamml. p. 134 (1899); Starh, Faun. 8. Afr., Birds i p 202 

 (1900) ; Shelley, B. Afr. iii. p. 115 (1902) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 182 

 (1906;. ^ 



