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Larks from Egypt, I have followed Von Heuglin (Orn. N. O. 

 Afr. p. 681) in considering this name a synonym of G. 

 cristata (L.). 



104. Alauda arborea, Linn. Wood-Lark. 



Brehm mentions having met with the Wood-Lark once in 

 liower Egypt in the winter. As I know of no other instance 

 of its occurrence in the country, it may, doubtless, be con- 

 sidered a rare straggler. 



Plumage similar to that of A. arvensis, with the following 

 distinctive characters : — a clear sandy-coloured eyebrow, 

 separating the top of the head from the ear-coverts; the 

 wing-coverts tipped with white; outer web of the second 

 tail-feather only bordered with white, and all but the two 

 centre ones tipped with that colom-; spots on the throat 

 richer in coloiur and more distinct. 



Entire length 7 inches; culmen 0-5; wing, carpus to tip, 

 4 ; tarsus 0"9. 



Fig. Gould, B. of Eur. pi. 167. 



105. Alauda arvensis, Linn. Sky-Lark. 



In writing upon A. arvensis I include the subspecies 

 J. intermedia, as determined by Messrs. Sharpe and Dresser 

 (B. of Eur. part vi.). Von Heuglin (Orn. N. O. Afr. p. 679) 

 regards the Sky-Lark as an occasional and not very regular 

 visitor to Lower Egypt. From my own observations I cannot 

 altogether agree with him, as on two occasions when I visited 

 the Delta in February, and during my stay in the Fayoom m 

 that same month, I found it plentiful in flocks ; so that I con- 



