to the Ornithology of Egypt. 4i27 



pay as much attentiou to these Larks as I might otherwise 

 have done. I obtained a single specimen which is referable 

 to this form. During my stay in November 1911 I only 

 met with two Short-toed Larks, both of which were obtained 

 and were found to belong to this dark grey form. 



Otocorys alpestris bilopha (Temm.). 



Eremophila alpestris bilopha (Temm.), Hartert, Vug. d. 

 pal. F. vol. i. p. 257. 



This Hoi'ned Lark was not included by Shelley in his 'Birds 

 of Egypt.' Apparently the Hon. N. Charles Rothschild was 

 the first to collect specimens in Egypt, in the Wadi Natron, 

 where the bird is not uncommon and is resident. During 

 my stay in March I did not meet with the Horned Lark, 

 although it was one of the birds I was especially on the 

 look out for. Soon after my return, however, Mr. Balboni 

 sent me several examples, one of which, a female slightly 

 shot in the wing, is now living in company with others 

 since purchased alive from a Wadi Natron Bedouin. 



I have examined several immature birds of this species, 

 and in their first plumage they strikingly resemble a small 

 Desert Lark [Ammomanes)^ but can always be distinguished 

 by the amount of black in the tail. Full plumage is 

 obtained in a single moult, as I have found by keeping 

 young birds in captivity. I iiave on two occasions met with 

 this little Lark in the Giza Province, and on each occasion 

 I found it wild and difficult of approach. 



During the winter the Horned Larks apparently gather 

 together in flocks, as Mr. G. E. Burnett Stuart tells me that 

 on December 2nd & 3rd, 1908, he observed about six flocks 

 in the desert near the Wadi Natron. 



In November 1911 I saw a single specimen near Gaar at 

 the extreme northern end of the Wadi. 



Ammomanes phcenicura arenicolor (Suudev.). 

 Ammomanes arenicolor (Sundev.), Shelley, p. 137. 

 Ammomanes pjhcenicur a arenicolor (Sundev.), Hartert, V()g. 

 d. pal. F. vol. i. p. 224. 



This small Desert Lark is resident and breeds in the 



