6 Hon. N. C. RothscliiUl nnd Mr. A. F. R. Wullaston 



7. Anthus cervinus (Pall.). 

 67 ?. 



The Red-throated Pipit was often to be seen on the rivcr- 

 bauks in company with Wagtails. 



8. Calandrella brachydactvla (Leisl.). 



312 S, 108 S, 314 c?, 142 ?, 109 ?, 110 ?, 311 (?). 



The Short-toed Lark was undoubtedly the most abundant 

 species that we saw at Shendi. It was always to be seen 

 in parties of fifty or so in the scrub along the river-bank, 

 whilst in the desert, a few miles from the river, we frequently 

 came across immense flocks of several thousands of these 

 birds. The females are very markedly smaller than the 

 males. 



9 Galerida cristata (Linn.). 



201 S, 109 c?, 95 c?,23G c? , 237 c?,253 cT , 355 c? , 3 ?, 

 381 ?, 150 ?, 106 ?, 279 ?, 296 ?, 361 ?, 295 ? , 

 385 ? , 42 ? , 392 ? , 346 ? , 276 ? , 282 S juv., 390 ? 

 Wad-IIabushi. 



Our series of this Crested Lark belongs to a form very 

 closely allied to the Galerida cristata flava of Brehm. 

 Some specimens, in fact, agree exactly with the typical 

 examples in the Brehra Collection at Tring ; but the 

 majority of our Shendi specimens are a shade darker, 

 especially with regard to the spots on the back. The young 

 ])ird (No. 282), moreover, is very different from the young of 

 G. c. flava, which is of a buffy sand-colour, Avithout any very 

 dark patches on the chest and back ; the Shendi specimen 

 has deep brown centres to tlic feathers of those parts. It 

 seems therefore that this form is a slightly darker race 

 than G. c. flava, though some specimens seem to be indis- 

 tinguishable from it. 



The Crested Lark of A^suan, Galerida cristata maculata 

 Brehm, is a very much darker form, and darker still is the 

 Crested Lark of Lower Egypt and the Delta, G. c. nigricans 

 Brehm. it is not unreasonable to suppose that, if Crested 

 Larks were collected all the way down the Nile Valley from 

 Khartum, where the typical G. c. flava is fon.nd, to the 



