206 Mr. A. J. Cholmley on the Birds of 



10. CiNNYRis HABEssiNicA (Hempr. & Ehr.); Gadow, 

 Cat. B. Brit. Mas. ix. p. 52 (1884). 



The Abyssinian Sun-bird was common everywhere. 



11. CoTiLE OBSOLETA, Cab. J Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. x. 

 p. Ill (1885). 



The Pale Crag-Martin Avas obtained. 



12. Emberiza c^sia, Cretzschm. ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. 

 Mus. xii. p. 535 (1888). 



A male of this Bunting was shot in the Erba Mountains 

 in March ; the species winters in North-east Africa and 

 Arabia. 



13. Uroloncha cantans (Gmel.). 



Aidemosyne cantans, Sharpe^ Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xiii, p. 371 

 (1890). 



This little Weaver- Finch, called by Latham the Warbling 

 Grosbeak, was obtained at Haddai. 



14. Ammomanes cinctura (Gould) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. 

 Mus. xiii. p. 644 (1890). 



Though widely distributed — its range extending from the 

 Cape Verd Islands through the deserts of North Africa to 

 Nubia, Arabia, and Persia — the small Desert-Lark is a rare 

 bird in most collections. The peculiar wedge-shaped black 

 mark on the tail and the blackish tips of the primaries render 

 it easily distinguished from other members of the group. 

 We found the species quite common, and obtained an example 

 at Berenice on the 7th January, 1896. 



15. Ammomanes deserti (Licht.) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. 

 Mus. xiii. p. 646 (1890). 



The Common Desert-Lark was collected at the Erba 

 Mountains in March. 



16. Pyrrhulauda melanauchen (Cab.) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. 

 Brit. Mus. xiii. p. 655 (1890). 



Two males of tlie Black-crowned Finch-Lark, which ranges 

 from Nubia and Abyssinia through Arabia and Baluchistan 

 to North-west India, were shot at Berenice on the 6th of 

 January. One of these birds differs from the typical adult 



