Collecting -Tour in Somaliland. 65 



No. 153. ? . Ujawaji, Dec. 16, 1897. Iris light hazel. 

 On comparing this specimen with Heuglin's description of 

 the type of Geocoraphus simplex from Qonfudah, in Arabia, 

 in the Berlin Museum, there are several small differences to 

 be noticed. In M. marginata the outer tail-feather is 

 white, with a long oblique blackish mark on the inner web, 

 thus resembling M. simplex, but no mention is made of the 

 very broad and distinct creamy-buflF margins to the wing- 

 coverts, which are the most conspicuous feature of the Somali 

 Lark. 



Although also allied to M. cantillans, the Somali species 

 is distinguished from it by the creamy-buff edges to the 

 wing-coverts, these being sandy-buff in M. cantillans. The 

 bill in the latter bird is brown with a yellow lower mandible, 

 whereas in M. marginata it is horny brown, with a whitish 

 under mandible. 



During his recent visit to England, Dr. Reichenow very 

 kindly brought the type of M. simplex to compare with the 

 type of M. marginata. The two species proved to be quite 

 distinct, and both Dr. Bowdler Sharpe and Dr. Reichenow 

 acquiesced in this determination. 



26. Galerita cristata (L.) ; Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1895, 

 p. 474. 



/- Bill dusky brown ; 

 No. 145. (J. Ujawaji, Dec. 14, 1897.^ feet brown; iris 



C light brown. 

 No. 273. S ■ Berbera plains, Feb. 22, 1898. „ „ 



27. Ammomanes akeleyi Elliot, Field Columb. Mus. 

 Orn. i. p. 39. 



Nos. 28, 31. S- Laferug, Nov. 8, 1897. 



No. 32. S • Mandeira, Nov. 9, 1897. 



The three specimens are all alike in colour, and appear to 

 belong to the dark form which Mr. Elliot has named 

 A. akeleyi. 



28. Al^mon desertorum (Stanl.) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. 

 Mus. xiii. p. 518 (1890). 



A. alaudipes Lort Phillips, Ibis, 1898, p. 400. 



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