112 GALERITA PR.5:TERMISSA. 



p. 100, Mr. Hartert very riglitly re-named the Somali form 

 G. ellioti. 



Besides the specimen I have described, there are two others 

 from Somaliland in the British Museum, collected by Mr. Lort 

 Phillips, in February and March, 1897. This species is a pale, 

 desert form of the G. thecltlee group. Mr. Elliot, when he 

 described the species as new, did not compare it with G. 

 thecMse, but fortunately gave a very accurate description of the 

 plumage : — " Its back is so light coloured as to render the bird 

 somewhat difficult to see on the sandy soil, and the under-parts 

 strongly incline to white. The crest is rather long and slender, 

 but the length varies, I imagine, among individuals, as those of 

 the two specimens obtained are not equal in this respect. They 

 also vary in the colour of the upper parts, the Hersi Barri 

 specimen being the lighter, whicli is surprising as Bagahbur is 

 a much more sandy and open locality." 



Galerita prsetermissa. 



Alauda prEetermissa, Blanford, Geol. and Zool. Abyss, p. 388, pi 6 (1870) 



Scnafd ; Sharpe, Cat. 13. M. xiii. p. 679 (1890) Shoa, Abyssinia; 



Shelley, B. Afr. I. No. 191 (1896) ; Grant, Ibis, 1900, p. 138; 1901, 



p. 627 S. Abyssinia. 



Alauda (Galerita) arenicola var. fusca, Blanf. Geol. and Zool. Abyss, p. 



387 (1870) Lake Ashanghi. 

 Galerita riippelli, Hartert, J. f. 0. 1890, p. 102 Abyssinia; id. Kat. Vog. 



Mus. Senck. p. 40 (1891) Simieii. 

 Type. Similar to G. scnegalcnsis ; but darker above and with a shade of 

 yellowish buff on the under parts. It may be most readily distinguished by 

 the longer bastard-primary, which reaches to the end of the primary-coverts. 

 " Iris and legs brown ; bill dark horn colour." Total length 6'1 inches, 

 culmen 0-6, wing 3-8, tail 2-3, tarsus 0-95. <? , 10. 3. 68. Senafe 

 (Blanford). 



The Dark Crested-Lark inhabits the Abyssinian area. 

 At Jeffi Dunsa, in Shoa, Lord Lovat and Mr. A. B. Pease 

 shot specimens in December and January, and found these 



