NOVITATES ZOOLOGICAE XXVI. 1919. 163 



ALAUDIDAE. 



226. Certhilauda albofasciata erikssoni Hart. = Certhilauda albofasciata erikssoni. 



CerihUauda albofasciata erikssoni Hartert, Bull. B.O. Cltib, xix. p. 82 (1907 — " Okahokahaua, oa 

 the Etosha Saltpan in Southern Ovampoland, Gennan S.W. Africa "). 



Type : Adult, Okahokahana (Okahokaanna), 25. vii. 1880. A. W. Eriksson 

 leg. No. 2580. 



Only thi.s one specimen to hand, but a very distinct form. 



227. Certhilauda albofasciata obscurata Hart. = Certhilauda albofasciata obscurata. 



Certhilauda albojasciala obscurata Hartert, Bull. B.O. Club, xix. p. 83 (1907 — Benguella). 



Type : S ad., Bulu-bulu in the Bihe district, Benguella, 30. ix. 1904. W. J. 

 Ansorge leg. (No. 143.) 



A dozen specimens compared when described. 



228. Alaemon alaudipes boavistae Hart. = Alaemon alavdipes boavistae. 



Alaemon alaudipes boavistae Hartert, Bull. B.O. Club, xxxvii. p. 56 (1917 — Boa Vista, Cape Verd 

 Islands). 



Type : ^ ad., Boavista, 29. x. 1897. Boyd Alexander leg. 



229. Melanocorypha calandra psammochroa Hart. = Melanocorypha calandra 



psaminachroa. 



Melanocorypha calandra psammochroa Hartert, Vog. pal. Fauna, i. p. 210 (1904 — " Ost-Persien, 

 Afghanistan, Transkaspien und Turkestan "). 



Type : <J, No. 14 (4420), Lur-Badom in East Persia, 14. xi. 1898 (Russian 

 date !). N. Zarudny leg. 



1 f 230. Tephrocorys cinerea eriangeri Neum. = ? Calandrella cinerea ruficeps. 



Tephrocorys cinerea eriangeri Neumann, Journ. f. Orn, 1906. p. 239 (North Somaliland). 



Type : 3 ad., Sheikh Mahomet on the Webbe, 13. xi. 1894. Dr. Donaldson 

 Smith leg. 



I doubt if this form can be separated from ruficeps ; the type is in very worn 

 plumage. 



231. Calandrella minor polatzeki Hart. = Calandrella minor polatzeki. 

 CalandreUa minor polatzeki Hartert, Vog. pal. Fauna, p. 217 (1904 — Lanzarote and Fuertaventura). 



Type : <J ad., Lanzarote, 3. iii. 1902. Hptm. Polatzek leg. No. 1178. 



This form is certainly not the same as rufescens, but curiously enough it 

 inhabits also Gran Canaria, while rufescens appears to be found only on the plateau 

 of Laguna, Tenerife. 



f 232. Calandrella pispoletta canadensis Hart. = Calandrella minor rufescens. 



Calandrella pispoletta canariensis Hartert, Bull. B.O. Club, xi. p, 64 (1901 — Laguna, Tenerife). 



Type: <? ad., Laguna, 7. iii. 1901. Curt Floericke leg. No. 1260. 



This is a very distinct subspecies, but it must bear the name rufescens, given 

 to it by Vieillot in 1820. In addition to their rufescent upperside these birds 

 become stained by the rufous soil of the Laguna plain, unless freshly moulted. 



