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ALATTDTDJE. 



Ammomanes algeriensis, Sharpe. 



Alauda deserti, Baedeker, Eier Eur. Vog. tab. 66. fig. 11 (1855-63). 

 Ammomanes isabellinus, Loche, Expl. Sci. Alger., Ois. ii. p. 24 (1867). 

 Ammomanes algeriensis, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xiii. p. 645 (1890) ; 



Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 135 (1899) ; Sharpe, Hand-l v. p. 185 



(1908). 

 Ammomanes deserti algeriensis, Hartert, Vog. Pal. Faun. pt. ii. p. 221 



(1904) ; Whitaker, Birds Tunis, i. p. 274 (1905). 



Eggs of the Algerian Desert-Lark are of a blunt oval shape and 

 slightly glossy. They are white or creamy-white, speckled, generally 

 profusely, all over with pale reddish-brown and lavender, the 

 markings in some specimens being most numerous towards the 

 larger end. They measure from -81 to -9 in length, and from '68 

 to -69 in breadth. 



2. Djebel Sidi Aich, C. Tunis, 9th 

 April (P. Spatz). 



1. Djebel Sidi Aich, loth April 



(P.S.). 



2. Algeria (Loche). 



2. Algeria, 2nd April. 



2. Morocco, 23rd May. 



Crowley Bequest. 

 Crowley Bequest. 



Salvin-Godman Coll. 



W. Kadcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



[P.]. 

 Crowley Bequest. 



Ammomanes isabellina (Temm.). 

 (Plate VIII. fig. 22.) 



Ammomanes isabellina, Tristram, Ibis, 1859, p. 422. 

 Alauda lusitania, Bree, Birds Eur. iii. p. 112, pi. 4 (1875). 

 Ammomanes deserti, Dresser, Birds Eur. iv. p. 329 (1874) [part.] ; Sharpe, 



Cat. Birds B. M. xiii. p. 646 (1890) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. 



p. 135 (1899) ; Witherby, Ibis, 1903, p. 524. 

 Ammomanes deserti fraterculus, Hartert, Voy. Pal. Faun. pt. ii. p. 223 



(1904). 

 Ammomanes isabellina, Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 185 (1908). 



Eggs of the Palestine Desert-Lark are of a somewhat pointed oval 

 shape and slightly glossy. They are creamy- white or greenish- 

 white profusely speckled with pale brown or yellowish-brown 

 and lavender, the markings being usually more dense round the broad 

 end. They measure from '78 to -87 in length, and from '57 to -61 

 in breadth. 



1. Wilderness of Judea, Palestine, 



22nd April (H. B. Tristram). 



2. Between Jerusalem and Masseh, 



26th April (H. B. T.). 

 4. Jericho, 4th May. 



Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Crowley Bequest. 



W. Radclitfe Saunders, Esq. 



[P.]. 

 4. Kamariz, S.W. Persia, 30th March. H. F. Witherby, Esq. [P.]. 



