from Somaliland and Southern Abyssinia. 629 



Iris brown ; upper mandible dark horn-coloured, lower 

 lighter ; legs brown. 



This is the first time we have received specimens of this 

 Lark from Abyssinia, though it has already been recorded 

 from Shoa by Count Salvadori. 



[Fischer^s Bush-Lark was heard in the early morning_, its 

 note being a muffled rattle-like noise. When on the wing it 

 soared high out of sight, then fell rapidly to within twenty 

 or thirty feet of the ground, and swerved for a hundred yards 

 or so before alighting. It was generally seen in large bare 

 woods ; and we never came across it except in the edge of 

 the Guerague country. — A. E. P.] 



64. Galerida cristata. 



Galerita cristata (Linn.) ; Sharpe^ P. Z S. 1895, p. 472; 

 Lort Phillips, Ibis, 1898, p. 401 ; Hawker, Ibis, 1899, p. 65. 



a. ^. Somadu, Somaliland, 13th Nov. No. 35. 



c, d. S • Las Man, Somaliland, 1st April. Nos. 752 & 

 753. 



Iris brown ; bill dark brown ; legs pale brown. 



[The Crested Lark was very common throughout Somali- 

 laud.— A. E. P.] 



65. Ammomanes akeleyi. 



Ammomanes arkeleyi (sic) Lort Phillips, Ibis, 1898, p. 401. 

 Ammomanes akeleyi Elliot; Hawker, Ibis, 1899, p. 65. 



a. ^ . Somadu, Somaliland, 13th Nov. No. 32. 



b. ^ . Las Man, Somaliland, 1st April. No. 754. 



Iris brown ; bill dark horn-coloured ; legs light horn- 

 coloured or pale brown. 



The male from Somadu, which we have identified as 

 A. akeleyi Elliot, is slightly darker on the upper parts than 

 specimens in the British Museum Collection from Somaliland. 



[We found Eliiofs Desert-Lark only in the bare stony 

 country of Somaliland, on ground similar in colour to the 

 bird's plumage. It did not take flight until approached very 

 closely.— A. E. P.] 



66. Pyrrhulauda leucotis. 



Pyrrhidauda leucotis (Stanl.) ; Grant, Ibis, 1900, p. 139. 



