322 BIRDS or EGYPT. 



doubtless only met with as a straggler, and is interesting as 

 being the most northern point at which the bird has yet been 

 met with. 



Fam. Alaudid_«. — I have included twelve species of Larks, 

 although I consider some to be of very doubtful specific value. 

 Ammomanes liisitaiia and A. fraterculus appear to me to be 

 only local varieties, imperceptibly blending into each other 

 towards the confines of their respective ranges. A. arenicolor, 

 though included upon somewhat meagre data, I look upon as 

 very probably Egyptian. Galerita rutila, mentioned by Mr. G. 

 R. Gray (Hand-list of Birds, ii. 119) as Egyptian, I have not 

 included, but have only remarked upon at the end of 

 G. cristata, as I think the specimen from which the locality 

 " Egypt " has been taken may prove to be only G. cristata, 

 or else have a wrong locality marked on it. Again, I am 

 inclined to doubt Brehm's authority when he includes Alauda 

 arborea as Egyptian. Alauda intermedia, Swinhoe, the common 

 Egyptian form of A. arvensis, is a good instance of a constant 

 race or subspecies. Calandrella reboiidia appears to me 

 a somewhat similar constant subspecies of C. hrachydactyla, 

 while I cannot find any good specific distinction between 

 C . pispoletta and the last-named bird. Mdanocorypha calandra 

 is probably only met with as a straggler ; and the remarkable 

 desert form BhampJiocoris Clot-Bey, though undoubtedly 

 Egyptian, is extremely rare. 



Fam. Emberizidjs. — Among the Buntings I have only to 

 mention Emheriza intermedia. I have retained this name 

 as determined by Von Heuglin ; but the only specimen I 

 know of from Egypt being a female, I cannot feel certain 

 of its distinctness from E. pialustns. 



Earn. Eringillid^. — Passer Italia; and P. montanus are 



