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of the abdomen. Bill, maxilla horn color, mandible flesh color 

 at base, horn color at tip. Tarsi and feet flesh color. Total 

 length, skin, 6.40; wing, 3.90; tail, 2.80; culmen, .50; tarsus, .90 

 inches. 



There is no species of Galerita known that is like this new form, 

 perhaps the nearest being G. malabarica, Sonn; but it differs so 

 greatly from that Indian species as to make a comparison of 

 them quite unnecessary. Its back is so light colored as to ren- 

 der the bird somewhat difficult to see on the sandy soil, and the 

 underparts strongly incline to white. The crest is rather long 

 and slender, but the length varies I imagine among individuals, 

 as those of the two specimens obtained, are not equal in this 

 respect. They also vary in the color of the upper parts, the 

 Hersi Barri specimen being the lighter, which is surprising as 

 Dagahbur is a much more sandy and open locality. 



29. Ammomanes akeleyi. sp. nov. 



$ $ Deragodleh. 

 9 Hullier. 



Front and top of head dark rufous brown forming a kind of 

 cap, remaining part very dark ash-gray, a difficult shade to 

 express so as to give the proper idea. Superciliary stripe from 

 nostril to behind eye, buff. Rump golden buff. Wings same 

 color as the back; secondaries dark ashy brown margined with 

 ash-gray. Primaries dark brown, under wings, coverts, and 

 greater part of inner webs of secondaries bright deep buff. Tail 

 dark brown, outer web of outer rectrix pale rufous. Throat 

 white; entire underparts buff inclining to white on center of abdo- 

 men. Bill yellow ochre, blackish on ridge and base of culmen. 

 Irides brown. Feet and tarsus flesh color. Total length, 5; 

 wing, 370; tail, 2.60; culmen, .70; tarsus, .80 inches. 



This lark is an ally of A. deserti, but is somewhat smaller in its 

 measurements, and considerably darker in color; and may be 

 regarded as the Somali coast representative of the. more widely 

 dispersed species. I do not remember seeing it beyond Hullier 

 on the plateau, and we first met with it at our second camp from 

 Berbera, where the two males were procured. I have pleasure 

 in naming this species after Mr. C. E. Akeley, my chief 

 assistant, and head of the Taxidermist Department in the 

 Museum. 



