638 Col. K. Meinertzhagen on Birds from [Ibis, 



The outer tail-featlier has dark colour only in the proximal 

 third of the outer web, but in other respects appears to 

 resemble that of nigricans, macnlata, and m/eritica. 



Wing of males 98-109 mm., culmen 18-5-22. Wing of 

 females 95-104, culmen 19-21. 



This race occurs at Damascus, Baalbel<, round the Sea of 

 Galilee on all shores, and in the upper Jordan Valley, at 

 Baisan, Jenin (northern Judsean highlands), but not round 

 Nablus where hracliyui'a occurs, south along the hills to 

 Jerusalem, and to Hebron, about which place hrachyura is met. 



Note. — An adult female from Aidin, in Asia Minor, shot 

 on 4. vii., appears similar to zion in colour, but has a slenderer, 

 not longer lull. Wing 101 mm., culmen 21. 



Galerida cristata cinnamomina Hartert. 



15 examined from Mount (jarmel (Oct.), Haifa (March), 

 Beyrouth (Oct.), and Sidon (Oct.). 



In fresh autumn plumage this race has a distinct cinnamon 

 tino-e on the upper parts, unlike that of any other race under 

 review. Breast-spotting large and well-marked. In worn 

 plumage birds closely resemble zion in autumn plunuigC; and 

 entirely lack the cinnamon tinge. 



The outer web of the outer tail-feather is as in zion, but 

 the inner web frequently has a large wedge of buff along 

 the distal half of the shaft. 



Wing of males 100-10;», and of females 97-99. Culmen 

 of males 18'5-21, and of females 18-20 mm. 



Appears to be confined to the coastal strip from Mount 

 Carmel north through Acre, Tyre^ and Sidon to Beyrouth 

 and the foot-hills of the Lebanon behind that town, ascending 

 to about 1200 feet. There are no Crested Larks on the 

 higher slopes of the Lebanon. 



Galerida cristata brachyura Tristram. 



Galerida c.caroli Hartert, Vog. pal. Fauna, 1904, p. 234 : 

 Natron Valley, Egypt. 



Galerida cristata eritrece Zedl. Orn. Monatsb. 1910, p. 59 : 

 Ghedem, Ked Sea coast. 



