12. ALAUDDLA. 589 



Calandrella deserti, Tristr. Ibis, 1806, p. 286 (nomen nudum): 

 Wyatt, Ibis, 1870, p. 16. ^ ' 



Alauda reboudia, Grmj, Hand-l. B. ii. p. 118, no 7751 (1870) 

 Calandntis reboudia, Hew,l. Orn. N.O.-Afr. i. pt. 2, p. 696 (1871) 

 Calandrella minov, Shelley, B. Egypt, p.' 142 (1872); Dresser, B. 



Gtffl. Ibis, 1881, p. 183; Tristr. Faun. ^- Flor. P«/es<. p. 81 (1884)' 

 ffWl.Amf Ital p. 61 (1886) ; Salmd. Blench. Ucc. Ital\. 155 



{.245(1889)' ^''' ^^^^' P- ^^^' ^''''''■- (^"i Coll. 



^ ^il^i!?'"^^'^ pispoletta (nee Pall), Blanf. East. Fers. ii. p. 242 

 (1876). ^ 



Alauda pispoletta, var. minor, Seeb. Hist. Br. B. ii. p. 275 note 



(1884). ' 



Alauda brachydactyla (nee LeisL), Tristr. Ibis, 1889, p. 23. 



Adult. Similar to A. 2ns2}oletta, but is a rufous form of that 

 species, especially rufescent on the upper tail-coverfcs ; sides of body 

 vinous buff, the streaks on the fore neck and chest rather broadly 

 and distinctly streaked with blackish : " feet reddish • iris dark 

 brown " (Locke). Total length 5-3 inches, culmen 0-4,' wing 3-4 

 tail 1-95, tarsus 0-75. ' 



_ This species so closely approaches A. pispoletta that sometimes it 

 IS almost impossible to distinguish examples. As a rule, however 

 the rufous colour of the species renders it easily recognizable 



Hah. N.E. Africa and the Canary Islands, east to Egypt, Palestine 

 and the countries bordering the Persian Gulf. 



a. 6 ad. sk. Algeria. M. Verreaux 



b. 2 ad. sk. Beersheba, Palestine. Canon Tristrkm rCl 



c. d. 5 ad. sk. Fao, Persian GuK. W. D. Cumming,Esq.[P.]. 



Subsp. y^ Alaudula cheeleensis. 



? Alauda brachydactyla, Middend. Reis. Sibir., Zool. Voo n 1.34 

 (1851) ; Swinh. Ibis, 1861, pp. 255, 333. ^ ^ 



Calandrella pispoletta, Swinh. P. Z. S. 1863, p. 271 (nee Pall.) 

 /I cfiot (P^ile^'euK's) brachydactyla, Radde, Reis. Sibir., Vog. p. 150 



Alaudula cheeleensis, Sivitih. P. Z. S. 1871, p. 390; Prjev. in Roiv- 



ley's Orn. Misc. n. p. 315 (1877). 

 ? Calandrella brachydactyla, Tacz. J.f. 0. 1873, p. 86; id. Bull. Sue 



Zool. Irance, i. p. 160 (1876), iii. p. 137 (1878). 

 Alauda cheeleensis, David 4- Oust. Ois. Chine, p. 317 (1877) 

 Alauda pispoletta, var. cheeleensis, Seebohm, Hist. Br B \i -n '>7«; 



(1884), note. • n. p. -/o 



Calandrella cheeleensis, Gigl. Ai-if. Hal. p. 61 (1886). 



Adult female. Similar to A. pispoletta, but much more rufous 

 especially on the upper tail-coverts, therein resembling A minor 

 It IS, however, larger than the latter species, and has so few streaks 

 on the throat and fore neck, that in this respect it approaches 

 A. brachi/dacfgla ; it can, however, be easily recognized by the 

 white outer tail-feather, which is like that of A. pispoletta " Bin 



