AMMOMANES ARENICOLOR. 103 



A.inmomanes arenicolor. 



Alauda arenicolor, Sundev. (Efv. K. Vet. Ak. Forh. Stockh. 1850, p. 128. 

 Ammomanes pallida, Cab. Mus. Hein. i. p. 125 note (1850) Arabia. 

 Melanocoryphaha elegans, Brehm. Vogelf. p. 122 (1855) Nubia. 

 ? Ammomanes regulus, Bp. C. E. xliv. p. 1066 (1847) Sahara. 

 Ammomanes cinctura (nee Gould) Sharpe, Cat. B. M. xiii. p. 644 (1890) 



pt. Red Sea ; Koenig, J. f. 0. 1895, p. 448, pi. 9 ; 1896, p. 216, pi. 



7, fig. 7 egg, Algeria ; Cholmley, Ibis, 1897, p. 206 Bed Sea. 

 Ammomanes cinctura arenicolor, Eotbschild & WoUaston, Ibis, 1902, 



p. 7 Shendy. 



Adult. Similar to A. cinctiira, but very much paler, the upper parts 

 being sandy buff with a very faint ashy shade on the upper back. Total 

 length 5-2 inches, culmen 0-4, wing 3-55, tail 2-1, tarsus 0'85. Second 

 Cataract of Nile (A. L. Adams). 



The Pale Spotted-tailed Desert-Lark ranges from Persia 

 and the Red Sea over North Africa, and has even occurred in 

 Malta. 



According to Heuglin it is to be found along the 

 confines of the cultivated parts of Ivordofan and Sennaar, and 

 ranges into Arabia. In the British Museum there are speci- 

 mens from Persia and the Second Cataract of the Nile, the 

 latter shot by Dr. Leith Adams, who wrote : — " Is not uncom- 

 mon on the deserts of Nubia and usually seen in small flocks. 

 It runs at great speed and, like the other Sand-larks, stops 

 at every few steps. It has a call-note very like that of the 

 Trumpeter Bullfinch, which it resembles in its flight." On the 

 west coast of the Red Sea Mr. A. J. Cholmley found the species 

 quite common, and obtained an example at Berenice. 



Ammomanes grayi. 



Alauda grayi, Wahlb. (Efv. K. Vet. Ak. Forh. Stockh. 1855, p. 213 

 Damara. 



Ammomanes grayi, Sharpe, Gat. B. M. xiii. p. 643 (1890) Bamara ; 

 Shelley, B. Afr. I. No. 224 (1896) ; Nehrkorn, Eat. Eiers. p. 135 

 (1899) egg; Stark, Faun. S. Afr. B. i. p. 198 (1900). 



Adult male. Above sandy buff; upper wing-coverts and innermost 

 secondaries like the back ; quills very pale dusky brown, inclining to white 



