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The wings of forty-one males averaoo 102'6 mm. (max. 

 106, min. LOO mm.) ami of nineteen females 96*1 mm. 

 (max. 100, min. 92 mm.). Culmen of c? ? 19-21. 



The outer tail-feather of both this race and maculata is 

 very variable, and frequently has a wedge of smoky buff on 

 the distill end of the inner weh. In other respects they do 

 not differ from the outer tail-feathers of nigricans. 



Confined to the Faj^oum in Upper Egypt. 



G-alerida cristata altirostris Brehm. 



Galevida c. }iabica Bianchi (cf. Hartert, Nov. Zool. 1919, 

 p. 36). 



18 examined from the Dongola bend of the Nile. 



Culmen not so heavy as in somaliensis and nearer maculata. 

 The general coloration on the back is very slightly redder 

 than in hrachyura, especially on the upper tail-coverts. This 

 reddish colour is particularly noticeable in juvenile plumage. 



Wing of eleven adult males varies from 101 to 107, once 

 110, culmen 19—20, and of seven females, wing from 95 to 

 101 J culmen 17*5 to 19 mm. 



The outer tail-feather is invariablj^ paler and with less 

 dark colour than in either of the preceding races, and invari- 

 ably has a large wedge of pale buff on the distal half of the 

 inner web. 



Inhabits the Nile Valley in the Dongola bend at Merowe, 

 .Kerma, etc. 



Galerida cristata zion Meinertzhagen, Bull. B. 0. C. xli. 

 1920, p. 21 : Jerusalem. 



44 examined from Damascus, the Judsean highlands, and 

 the Sea of Glalilee. 



Nearest to cinnamomina, but without a cinnamon tinffc in 

 fresh autumn plumage. Darker than hracliyura in autumn 

 plumage, the feathers having blacker centres. Under parts 

 similar to cinnamomina, but the breast-spotting is more 

 marked than in hracliyura. 



In worn plumage birds become more bleached than cinna- 

 momina, and are then usually indistinguishable from hracliyura 

 in similar plumage. 



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