46 BIRDS OF EUROPE AND NORTH AFRICA 



nearly all the same length ; 2nd primary much shorter than 3rd. 

 Bill horn brown above, whitish below. Legs and feet light brown. 

 Wing c^ 99-io3-5» ? 91-99- Tarsus 22-23. Bill 13-15-5 (H.). 

 Young more yellowish above than adult and paler below, without 

 any spots. All plumages are greyer when fresh and more rufous 

 when worn. 



Resident. — Egypt and Nile Valley, from Luxor southward ; 

 occasional Cairo. 



A. deserti algeriensis Sharpe. Above more reddish isabelline 

 than typical form. 



Resident. — Algeria and Tunisia south of Atlas, east through 

 Tripoli and Libya to Lower Nile Valley north of Luxor. 



A. deserti isabellina Temminck. Not so red as " algeriensis," 

 rather redder than most " deserti." 



Resident. — Lower Egypt east of Nile and upper Egypt south 

 ofWadi Haifa. 



A. deserti whitakeri Hartert. Above grey brown ; beneath 

 sandy buff with obscure dark streaks, throat white with dark 

 spots, under wing coverts and axillaries darker than in " deserti." 

 Wing $ 104-106, ? 97-100. Bill 18-20-5 (H.). 



Resident. — Djebel-Soda, Tripoli. 



Ammomanes phcBnicura arenicolor (Sundevall). 



Like a small "A. d. algeriensis," but redder; primaries pale 

 cinnamon on both webs and black tipped, 2nd almost as long 

 as 3rd ; secondaries pale cinnamon, inner much longer than 

 outer; tail feathers tipped black. Wing 92-97. Tarsus 21-23. 

 Bill II-II-5 (H.). 



Resident. — Algerian Sahara (stony plains) east to Egypt (Nile 

 Valley) and Palestine. 



The typical form "A. p. phoenlcura" is an Indian bird. 

 Species is distinguishable from "A. deserti" by its long inner 

 secondaries. 



Galerida. 



Crested Larks : feathers of crown long and pointed. 



Galerida cristata cristata (L.). Crested Lark. Fr. 

 Cochevis ; Ger. Haubenlerche ; Ital. Capillaccia. 



