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iu the month of March. These specimens, although not 

 quite identical with typical examples o£ G. cristata from 

 Europe^ approach them closely. 



Galerida thekl^. 



Four skins of ^ and ? ,froni Schaf-el-Akab and El Horush, 

 both places in North Mai'occo, in February and INlarch. 

 These are good examples of this species of Crested Lark. 

 If anything, they are rather darker than specimens from 

 Spain. 



Galkrida thekl^ ruficolor, subsp. nov. 



I have a larg3 series, ^ and $ , of a short-billed Crested 

 Lark from Central and Southern Marocco. It resembles 

 G. thtklcR to a certain extent, but differs from it in being of 

 a paler and more rufous colour, without, however, being at 

 all isabelline ; its breast is rather thickly spotted, as in 

 G. theklcp, although the spots are smaller ; and another point 

 of difference is the length of the tarsus, which is less than in 

 G. theklcB. As this bird cannot be referred to either G. (hekla, 

 G. isabellina, or any other described species with which I 

 am acquainted, I have decided to consider it as a subspecies 

 of G. theklce, naming it as above. The measurements are 

 as follows: — ad. (J, total length about 5"50 inches, wing 4, 

 culmen '50, tarsus '80; ad. ? a little smaller, the wing 

 measuring only 3"80 inches, 



C. L. Brehm (Nauni. 1858, p. 209) described a bird from 

 South Spain under the name of G. cristata rufescens, which 

 might possibly be the same as the above ; but the description 

 given is altogether too vague and insufficient to enable one to 

 decide without seeing the type specimen, and certainly none of 

 the Crested Larks that I have seen from Spain are like these 

 Marocco birds. Crested Larks very similar to the latter are 

 to be found in some of the Central and Southern districts 

 of Tunisia. I would here take the opportunity of observing 

 that, having obtained a further series of specimens of the 

 pale Crested Lark from Tunisia which I described under 

 the name of Alauda c. pallida (Ibis, 1895, p. 100), since 

 renamed by Mr. Hartert G. c. superflua (Novitates Zoo- 



