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but less regularly than on the head, in having the remiges and their 

 upper coverts broadly edged with whitish (purer white, less buffy 

 than in adults), and in having the dark pectoral spots smaller. 

 Van Someren ^^ found young in nestling plumage in July. 



Table 4. — Measurements of 36 adult specimens of Galerida cristata somalieusis 



from Kenya Colony 



GALERIDA THEKLAE PRAETERMISSA (Blanford) 



Alauda praetermissa Blanfoed, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 4, vol. 4, p. 330, 1S69: 



Senafe-Tigre, 8,000 feet. 

 Specimens collextted: 



1 uusexed, Gada Bourca, Ethiopia, December 26, 1911. 



3 adult males, 1 immature male, 1 adult female, Adis Abeba, Ethiopia, 

 December 31, 1911-January 13, 1912. 



1 adult female, Hakaki, Ethiopia, January 14, 1912. 



2 adult males, 2 adult females, Arussi Plateau, Ethiopia, February 15-28, 

 1912. 



"Nov. ZooL. vol. 37, p. 333, 1932. 



