1917.] the Birds of Yemen. 14-9 



Tlie Singing Bush-Lark lias a M'ide distribution from 

 Sonialilaud and Abyssinia eastwards to India, I can detect 

 no distinction between the Aijyssinian, Arabian, and Indian 

 examples. 



Galerida cristata tardinata. 



Galerida cristuia tardinata Hartert, Yog. pal. Fauna, i. 

 1904., p. 235: W. Iladramaut, S. Arabia. 



Yerbury, 86, p. 18, 9(5, p. 29 ; Barnes, 93, p. 83 ; O. -Grant, 

 1900, p. 217; Lorenz & Hellmayr, 190J, p. 236, 1907, 

 p. 109. 



a-Ji. 5 c? , 3 ? . Meuakha, 7000-7500 ft. 18. xii. 12 to 

 29. i. 13. 



i. S • Sok-al-Kbamis, 8000 ft. 11. viii. 13. 

 j. S . Sanaa, 7600 ft. 4. xi. 13. 



Dr. Hartert has also -examined these examples of the 

 Crested Lark and identifies them with his subspecies 

 described from Iladramaut. 



Ammoinanes deserti saturata. 



Ammouianes saturatus 0.-(irant, Nov. Zool. vii. 1900, 

 p. 249 ; N. of Lahej, S. Arabia. 



Lorenz & Hellmayr, 1901, p. 236, 1907, p. 109. 



h-d. 3 c? , 1 ? . Sanaa, 7600 ft. 9. ix. 13. 



" S- Ii"is sepia-brown, upper mandible blackish, lower 

 pale brown, feet horny brown." 



The Yemen examples of the Desert-Lark are lighter- 

 coloured and more sandy than those from the Amiri 

 district also obtained by Bury ; the type from Labej is 

 somewhat intermediate, but all are distinctly darker and 

 more isabelliue than the true A. deserti. It is probable 

 that the colour of the soil has a good deal to do with the 

 variation in plumage in Larks and other ground-living 

 birds. 



Motacilla alba. 



Motacilla alba Linnseus, Syst. Nat. 1758, p. 185 : Sweden. 



Yerbury, 86, p. 17, 96, p. 25 ; Barnes, 93, p. 78 ; O. -Grant, 

 1900, p. 250; Lorenz & Hellmayr, 1901, p. 236, 1907, 

 p. 110. 



