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ALAUDIDJi. 



dimensions are as follows : — Seville : c? , 'wing 4'1 ; 2 , 3-8. Tunis : 

 wing ;}-7-4-l. 



Specimens from Senegambia (G. sener/alensis) are absolutelj' iden- 

 tical with S[)anish ones, and as nestlings are in the collection it is 

 evident that the rufous-tailed Crested Lark breeds in this part of 

 West Africa. The wing ranges in Senegambian specimens from 3'7 

 inches to 4-0, but as no sexes are marked on the labels, they are not 

 available for strict comparison. Male birds from Abyssinia measure 

 4-1 inches in the wing, and the females from 3-9-3-95. Tliese are 

 also identical with the rufous-tailed form, which is also in the Museum 

 from Hhodes ( S , wing 4-1), Asia Minor ( (5 , 4-15-4-25 ; $ , 3-95), 

 the Eiver Volga (wing 4 '2), and the Caucasus (wing 4-1-4-4). A 

 female of the same race from Palestine has the wing 3-75 inclics, 

 and a male from Cyprus has the wing 4-05, the female 3'8 inches. 

 In Algeria a large-billed form occurs, G. tnacrorhipicJia of Tristram, 

 which at first sight appears distinct enough, with a culmen measur- 

 ing 0-85-0-95 inch in the males, and having the wing 4'4-4"5o 

 inches. Many specimens in the collection, however, approach these 

 large-billed Algerian birds, notably the ones from Palestine (re- 

 feiTed to G. macrorliyncha by Tristram). The wing is 4'05-4'2 

 inches in these specimens, and in another specimen from Kaizarieh 

 in Asia Minor the bill is 0-75 inch and the wing 4-4, so that in 

 size this bird nearly approaches G. macrorhijncha. 



There is in fact a sandy-coloured race of G. cristata which extends 

 from Palestine and Asia Minor through Persia to the Indian Penin- 

 sula, and in Central Asia it becomes extremely pale and rather 

 larger in size (G. mar/na of Hume). This large race has the wing 

 from about 4-25 to 4-G5 inches in the male, and in the female from 

 4"1 to 4-25 inches ; these measurements are approached by many 

 specimens from other eastern localities. 



Specimens from Fao measure 3-95 to 4"2o inches in the wing ; from 

 Baluchistan males have the wing 4-lo-4"5 inches, and the culmen 

 0'75. Two specimens from Muscat measure 4-2 inches in the wing, 

 and have the culmen 0-S, thus nearly approacliing G. mncrorJn/ncJia. 



A series of specimens from Sind and North-western India, all 

 belonging to the sandy-coloured race, yield the following dimen- 

 sions : — 



Males. Wing 3-6-4 2 inches. 



Females. Wing 3 5-39 inches. 



Some of the Indian birds are very small, and there is probably a 

 small race of Crested Lark resident in North-western India, 



1. Galerita cristata. 



The Crested Lark, Albin, Nat. Hist. B. iii. p. 48, pi. 52 (1740) ; 



Lnth. Gen. Syn. ii. pt. 2, p. .389 (1783) ; Yarr. Br. B. i. p. 455 



(1845). 

 L'Alouette hupee du Senegal, Briss. Orn. iii. p. 362, pi. xix. fig. 2 



(1760). 

 Alauda cristata, Lim>. Si/.<:t. A^at. i. p. 288 (1706) ; Gm. Sy.sf. Nat. i. 



