— 37 — 



170. Wood Lark. Lullula arhorea (Linnaeus). 



Alauda arhorea. Shelley, p. 139. 



An autumn visitor to Lower Egypt, Not common. 



Smaller than the skylark, and darker brown above. A 

 whitish band through each eye, which practically meets at back 

 of head ; tail shorter and wings more rounded than those of the 

 skylark. 



171. Calandra Lark. Melanocorypha calandra calandra (Linnaeus). 



MelanocorypJia calandra. Shelley, p. 143. 



Common in western portion of Egypt, near Daba'a, in 

 autumn, and a few pass eastwards to Giza. 



Length about 7 J inches. Above brown striped with black ; 

 sides of neck marked with black patches ; bill large. Altogether 

 a stouter bird than the skylark. 



172. Clot Bey's Lark. Rhamphocorys clot-bey (Bonaparte). 



RhampJiocoris clot-bey. Shelley, p. 144. 



The type of this species was procured in Egypt, and, as it 

 is not uncommon west of the Egyptian frontier, it probably 

 occurs in the extreme north-west of Egypt, where no collecting 

 has been done for many years. 



Length about 7 inches. Reddish sandy brown above ; 

 below white with brown streaks ; sides of head and neck black ; 

 bill very large and stout. 



173. Desert Horned Lark. Otocorys bilopha (Temminck). 



Not mentioned by Shelley. 



Resident and abundant in and near the Wadi Natrun. In 

 winter it congregates in flocks, and is sometimes found near 

 Abu Ruweish, in Giza Province. It has also occurred on the 

 east side of the Nile, near Heliopolis. 



Length about 5| inches. Reddish sand colour on back ; 

 white belly ; a black band on fore neck and on forehead and 

 two black horn-like tufts on forehead ; wing and tail feathers 

 black. Young birds in first plumage lack the black markings on 

 breast and head and are more sandy coloured above. 



174. Desert Lark. Ammofnanes deserti deserti (Lichtenstein). 



Amniomanesfratercidus. Shelley, p. 137. 



Common on the desert from Luxor southwards. Sometimes 

 met with near Cairo. Resident. 



Length about 6 inches. Sandy grey above and dull whitish 

 buf? below ; faintly streaked on upper breast with brown. 



