20. AMMOMANES. 647 



Ammomanes deserti, Tristr. P. Z. S. 1864, p. 434 ; Wyatt, Ibis, 1870, 

 p. 15 ; Fmsc/i, Trans. Z. S. vii. p. 272 (1870) ; Heugl. Ovn. N.O.- 

 Afr. i. pt. 2, p. G84 (1871) ; Dresser, B. Eur. iv. p. 329, pi. 233 

 (1874, pt.) ; Rowlexi, Orn. Misc. i. p. 263 (1870) ; Tristr. Faun. ^• 

 Flor. Palestine, p. 79 (1884). 



Ammomanes fraterculus, Tristr. P. Z. S. 18G4, p. 434 ; Taylor, Ihis, 

 1867, p. 64; Shelley, B. Eyypt, p. 137(1872); Tristr. Faun. ^• 

 Flor. Palestine, p. 80 (1884). 



Mirafra lusitana {nee Gm.), Gray, Hand-l. B. ii. p. 121, no. 7808 

 (1870). 



Mirafra fraterculus, Gray, t.c. p. 122, no. 7809 (1870). 



Adult male. Similar to A. alf/eriensis, and having more than the 

 basal half of the outer web of the primaries sandy rufous, bat dif- 

 fering in the colour of the upper surface, which is ashy brown with 

 a slight shade of sandy vinous ; the tail not so rufous, and this 

 colour confined to the outer web of the external feather : " bill and 

 feet pale horn-colour, the former darker at the tip ; iris dusky " 

 ( Von Hewjlin). Total length 6-3 inches, culmen 0*55, wing 3-8, 

 tail 2'45, tarsus 0*85. 



Adult female. Similar in colour to the male. Total length 5-6 

 inches, wing 3-65, tail 2*2, tarsus 0-75. 



The localities inhabited by this Lark have probably something to 

 do with the variation in the shade of grey which characterizes this 

 species. The Palestine birds are rather larger than the Egyptian, 

 and the Abyssinian birds are much darker grey than any from 

 Egypt ; they will probably be found to represent a permanent dark 

 race. 



Hah. From Palestine to Egypt, Xubia, and Abyssinia. 



a,b. Ad.sk. Egypt. Sir Samuel Baker 



c, d. Ad. sk. Near Assouan, March. J. H. Gurney, Esq. 



[P.]. 

 e,f, y. 5 ad. sk. Near Assouan and El Kab, Feb. Slielley Coll. 



{G. E. S.). 

 h,i. S ; k,l. 2 ad. sk. Nubia {G. E. S. ). Shelley Coll. 



m, n. Ad. sk. Nubia. Dr. A. Leith Adams 



[P.]. 

 0. Ad. sk. .hid^oa.{T.E. Buckley). Slielley CoU. 



p. 2 ad.sk. Jericho, Dec. 30 (iJ. 2?. T). Seebohm Coll. 



(J, r, s. d;t- ? Palestine. Canon Tristram [C.]. 



ad. sk. 

 ^l, V. Ad. sk. Ain and Amba, Samhar, Aug. W. T. Blanford, Esq. 



[C.]. 

 w, a: Ad. sk. Amba, Aug. ( J}'. Jesse). Sharpe Coll. 



y. S ad. sk. Koomayli, June 31 ( JV. J.). Sharpe Coll. 



6. Ammomanes phcenicuroides. 



Mirafra phrenicuroides, Blyt/t, J. A. 6'. Beuy. xxii. p. 583 (1853). 

 Ammomanes phcenicuroides, Horsf. Sf Moore, Cat. B. E. I. Co. Mus. 



ii. p. 478 (1850). 

 Ammomanes lusitanin, .Terd. B. Ind. ii. p. 422 (1863) ; Hume, Nests 



