140 Capt. G. E. Shelley on Egyptian Ornithulugy. 



Egypt, not then being aware that they had already been sepa- 

 rated into two different species. 



123. Calandrella brachydactylAj Leisler. Short-toed 

 Lark. 



Arrives in Egypt in March ; and as I did not met with it 

 later than the middle of April (always in flocks) I think it pro- 

 bably does not remain to breed. 



124. Calandrella reboudia, Tristr. Desert short-toed 

 Lark. 



I never met with this bird to my knowledge. It is a small 

 desert form of the last species, which remains in Egypt through- 

 out the year. Mr. E. C. Taylor killed some specimens in the 

 month of January, near Cairo, out of a small flock that he 

 found in the desert. 



125. Ammomanes isabellina (Temm.). Desert Lark. 

 Resident throughout the year in Egypt, and very abundant, 



keeping exclusively to the desert or its confines, where it may 

 be frequently seen, generally in pairs, running along the sand, 

 with which its colouring so well conforms, or perched upon a 

 stone by the side of a rock. No spot either on the plain or on the 

 mountain seems too drear and desolate for its abode. In Nubia 

 it is almost entirely replaced by the next species, a very closely 

 allied form. 



126. Ammomanes fraterculus, Tristr. Tristram^s Lark. 

 This is one of the most abundant birds in Nubia and near 



Assouan. 



First described by the Rev. H. B. Tristram (P. Z. S. 1861-, 

 p. 434) . 



127. Emberiza hortulana, L. Ortolan Bunting. 

 During my first visit to Egypt in 1868, I shot this bird on 



several occasions between Cairo and Benisouef in the early part 

 of April. It oidy arrives in Egypt in March, and, I believe, is 

 never very plentiful. 



128. Emberiza c^esia, Cretzsch. Cretzschmar's Bunting. 

 The Rev. A. C. Smith ('Attractions of the Nile,' vol. ii. p. 



232) mentions having seen this bird at Alexandria. I shot it 



