410 Mr. W. 11. Ogilvie-Graut on 



Tlie examples in the fine scries of this Lark obtained by 

 Mr. Hawker appear to agree with Dr. Reichenow's description, 

 and tlie species is certainly identical with the birds obtained 

 by Lord Delamere in British East Africa and identified by 

 Dr. Sharpe as M. albicauda. It is new to the British Museum 

 Collection. We may mention that the amount of white in 

 the outer tail-feathers varies : in some examples, as in the 

 type, the two outer pairs are mostly white, and the fourth 

 pair have the outer web margined with white ; in others only 

 the outer pair of feathers are white and the fifth pair have 

 the outer web mostly white, while in the fourth it is only 

 margined with white, 



[We only noticed the White-tailed Bush-Lark between 

 Fashoda and Kaka.— E. M. H.] 



27. Galerida cristata. 



Galerida cristata (Linn.); Grant & Reid, p. G29; N. C. 

 Roths. & Wollast. p. 6. 



Galerida flava Brehm; Witherby, p. 244. 



a,b. S ' Khartum, 23rd-25th Jan. Nos. 1 & 7. 



L'is hazel ; bill horn-coloured; legs and feet whitish flesh- 

 coloured. 



The skins before us belong to the pale form known as 

 G. flava. 



[Common around Khartum. — R. M. H.] 



28. Pyrrhulauda leucotis. 



Pyrrhulauda leucotis (Stanl.) ; Witherby, p. 245; Grant 

 & Reid, p. 629; Grant, Bull. B. 0. C. xii. no. Ixxxii. p. 14 

 (1901). 



a, Z>. (J et $ [ c? imra.]. 20 miles N. of Fashoda, i9th 

 March. Nos. 148 & 149. 



c. S vcam.. 20 miles N. of Fashoda, 12th April. No. 

 326. 



Iris dark brown ; bill and legs pale horn-coloured. 



This form is scarcely separable from P. smit/ii, of South- 

 Africa_, which has the bill slightly larger, but is in other 

 respects similar. 



[I saw a great many examples of the Black- shouldered 

 Finch-Lark. They generally came to the river to drink 



