520 ALATJDID^. 



Co. ii. p. 464 (1856) ; Jerd. B. Ind.W. p. 438 (1863) ; Blanf. Geol 



Sf Zool. Abyss, p. 385 (1870); JImne, Sfr. F. 1873, p. L'16 ; 



Dresser, B. Eur. iv. p. :275 (1874, pt.) ; Blanf. Eastern Persia, 



ii. p. 240 (1876) ; Butler, Cat. B. Sind ^-c. p. 50 (1879) ; Hume, 



Sfr. F. 1879, p. 109 ; JJoiff, Sfr. F. ix. p. 281 (1880) ; C. Stvinh. 



Ibis, 1882, p. 117; Murray, Vertebr. Faun. Sind, p. 199 (1884); 



Sharpe, Trans. Linn. Soc, Zool. v. p. 82 (1889) ; St. John, Ibis, 



1889, p. 173. 

 Certhilauda dorije, Salvad. Atti R. Accad. Torino, iii. p. 292 (1867). 

 Certhilauda salvini (nee Tristr. 1859), Tristr. Ibis, 1869, p. 435. 

 Alaemon desertorum (nee Stanl.), Heugl. Orn. N.O.-Afr. i. pt. 2, 



p. 692 (1870, pt.) ; Yerbury, Ibis, 1886, p. 18. 

 Alaemon jessei, Finsch, Trans. Z. S. vii. p 273 (1870) ; id. 8f Ilartl. 



Toy. dsta/r. p. 465 (1870). 

 CertliilauJa jessei. Gray, Iland-l. B. ii. p. 121, no. 7795 (1870). 

 Alapiiidii di'sevtorum {nee Stanhn/), Keys. u. Bias. Wirb. Eur. p. xxxvi 



(1840); Muhle, Orn. Griech'enl. p. 34 (1844); Cab. Mus. Ilein. 



Til. i. p. 126 (1850); Linderm. Voy. Griechenl.^. 47 (1800). 

 Ceitliilauda ineridioualis, A. E. Brehm, J. f. 0. 1864, p. 77, note. 

 Certhilauda salvini, Tristr. Ibis, 1859, p. 57. 

 Certhilauda alaudipes, Dresser, B. Eur. iv. p. 273 (1881) ; Hornby, 



Ibis, 1883, p. 124. 



Adult male. Much more ashj- isabelline than the Algerian birds 

 and not nearly so sandj', the inner secondaries being brownish, with 

 sandy margins : " bill variable, sometimes pale plumbeous, some- 

 times pale slaty grey, darker at base and tip, and sometimes horny 

 grey or greenish grey, in all cases whitish at base of lower man- 

 dible ; legs and feet pure china white, greyish on claws ; iris 

 brown " (A. 0. Hume). Total length 9-3 inches, culmen 1*2, wing 

 5*1, tail 3'6, tarsus 1*2. 



Adult female. Similar to the male in colour. Total length 8'3 

 inches, culmen 1, wing 4'75, tail 3, tarsus 1-2. 



Hah. Abyssinian coast to Somali-Land ; Arabia, Persia, and the 

 coast-lands of the Indian Ocean, as far as Afghanistan, Cutch, and 

 Sind. 



a, h. Ad. sk. Zoidla, Abyssinia, June ( W. Tweeddale Coll. 



Jesse). (Types of u4. /essej,) 



c, r/. cJ $ ad. sk. Zoulla, June ( TF. /.). Sharpe Coll. 



e, f. Ad. sk. Zoulla, Jan. "VV. T. Blanford, Esq. 



[C.]. 



g. Ad. sk. Jeddah, Arabia (Zohrab). Shelley Coll. 



'A. Ad. sk. Sheik Othnian, Aden, May 8. Major Yerbury [P.]. 



i. Ad. sk. Bushire, Jan. Sir 0. St. John [CJ. 



k. 2 ad. sk. Mekran Coast, Baluchistan, W. T. Blanford, Esq. 



Dec. [P.]. 



/. c7 ; m-o. 5 ad. Mekran Coast, May (-C. A. Huuie Coll. 



sk. Butler). 



p. d ad. sk. Zagin, N. Afghanistan. Dr. Aitchison [CI. 



g. Ad. sk. Tluill Chotiah, Dec. Col. Swinhoe [P.J, 



r. 5 ad. sk. Kandahar, Sejit. (<SV/' O. Hurae Coll. 



St. John), 



s. Ad. sk. Karachi (Dr. H. Gould). India Museum. 



t. $ ad. sk. Karachi, Jan. (E.A. Butler). Hume Coll. 



H. 5 ad, sk. Meerpore (6V;^f//). India Museum. 



