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175. Isabelline Desert Lark. Ammomanes deserti isahellina 



(Temminck). 

 Abundant in the desert near Cairo on the east bank of the 

 Nile. Eesident. 



Like the preceding, but more sandy coloured on the back. 



176. Algerian Desert Lark. Ammomanes deserti algeriensis 



Sharpe. 



Frequents the desert on the west side of the Nile, near 

 Sohag and Luxor, and probably in other places in Upper Egypt. 



Similar to the aforementioned, but of a more pinkish sand 

 colour on upper parts. 



177. Little Desert Lark. Ammomanes phoenicura arenicola 



Sundeval. 

 Ammomanes arenicola. Shelley, p. 137. 

 Usually frequenting flat desert country on both sides of the 

 Nile from the Suez Canal to Nubia. 



Length about 5 inches. Sandy red brown above, whitish 

 below ; tail sandy red with blackish bar at the end. This desert 

 lark is easily distinguished from the other Egyptian Ammomanes 

 by the colour of its tail, which is sandy red with a dark terminal 

 bar. 



178. Short-toed Lark. Calandrella hrachydactyla hrachydactyla 



(Leisler). Plate 27, fig. 14. 

 Calandrella hrachydactyla. Shelley, p. 141. 

 Very abundant during both migrations. 

 Length about 5 inches. Sandy brown above flecked with 

 black ; under parts whitish ; a Hack fatch on each side of neck. 



179. Rufous-crowned Short-toed Lark. Calandrella hrachy- 



dactyla rubiginosa Fromholz. 



A few pass through in spring and autumn. It has bred 

 in the country. 



Similar to the forementioned but more sandy in colour. 

 Crown of head rufous. 



180. Long-winged Short-toed Lark. Calandrella hrachydactyla 



longifeymis (Eversmann). Plate 22. 

 Not mentioned by Shelley. 

 A bird of passage occurring in numbers during both migra- 

 tions. 



Like the last-mentioned, but upper parts greyer and wings 

 usually longer. No rufous on crown of head, 



