140 ALATJDTDj;. 



Ammomanes algeriensis, Sharpe. 



Alauda deserti, Baedeker, Eier Eur. Vog. tob. 66. fig. 11 (1855-63).^ 

 Ammomanes isabelliuus, Loche, Expl. Sci. Alger., Ois. ii. p. 24 (186/). 

 Ammomanes algeriensis, Sharpc, Gat. Birds B. M. xiii. p. 645 (1890) ; 



Nehrk. Kat. Eieisamml. p. 135 (1899) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 185 



(1908). 

 Ammomanes deserti algeriensis, Kartert, Vog. Pal. Faun. pt. ii. p. 221 



(1904) ; Whitaker, Birds Tunis, i. p. 274 (1905). 



Eggs of the Algerian Desert-Lark are of a bluut oval shape and 

 slightly glossy. The}' are white or creamy-white, speckled, generally 

 profusely, all over with pale reddish-brown and lavender, the 

 markings in some specimens being most numerous towards the 

 larger end. They measure from -81 to -9 in length, and from -63 

 to -69 in breadth. 



2. Djebel Sidi Aich, C. Tunis, 9th Crowley Bequest. 

 April (P. Spafz). 



1. Djeb"l Sidi Aich, 15th April Crowley Bequest. 



{P.S.). 



2. Algeria {Loche). Salviu-Godman Coll. 



2. Algeria, 2nd April. W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



2. Morocco, 23rd May. Crowley Bequest. 



Ammomanes isabellina (Temm.). 



(Plate VIII. tig. 22.) 



Ammomanes isabellina., Tristram, Ibis, 1859, p. 422. 

 Alauda lusitania, Bree, Birds Eur. iii. p. 112, pi. 4 (1875). 

 Ammomanes deserti. Dresser, Birds Eur. iv. p. 329 (1874) [part.] ; Sharpe, 



Cat. Birds B. M. xiii. p. 646 (1890^ ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. 



p. 135 (1899) ; Witherby, Ibis, 1903, p. 524. 

 Ammomanes deserti fraterculus, Hartert, Vikj. Pal. Faun. pt. ii. p. 223 



(1904). 

 Ammomanes isabellina, Sharps, Hand-l. v. p. 185 (1908). 



Eggs of the Palestine Desert-Lark are of a somewhat pointed oval 

 shape and slightly glossy. They are creamy-white or greenish- 

 white profusely speckled with pale brown or yellowish-brown 

 and lavender, the marliings being usually more dense round the broad 

 end. They measure from -78 to -87 in length, and from '57 to -61 

 in breadth. 



1. Wilderness of J iidea, Palestine, Salvin-Godman Coll. 



22nd April {H. B. Tristram). 



2. Between Jerusalem and Masseh, Crowley Bequest. 



26th April [H. B. T.). 

 4. Jericho, 4tli May. W. Radclifi'e Saunders, Esq. 



[P.]. 

 4. Kamariz, S.W. Persia, 30th March. H. F. Witherby, Esq. [P.]. 



