1864.] REV. H. B. TRISTRAM ON THE BIRDS OF PALESTINE, 435 
77, ALAUDA ARBOREA, L. 
Pretty generally but sparingly distributed. Winters in the country 
in small bands, which disperse in spring. 
78. GaLERrIDA cRisTATA (L.). 
In the north, a permanent resident. 
79. GALERIDA ABYSSINICA, Bp. 
The characteristic form in the southern wilderness. I can scarcely 
bring myself to believe in the specific distinction of these two. 
80. GALERIDA ISABELLINA, Bp. 
Only met with in the Ghor es Safieh, at the south-east end of the 
Dead Sea. 
81. GALERIDA BRACHYURA, nov. sp., mihi. 
Cristata ; corpore supra arenicolori-fusco, plumarum parte media 
brunnea; primariis brunneis, cervino extus limbatis; cauda nigri- 
cante, rectricibus externis cinnamomeis, rectricibus proximis 
cinnamomeo limbatis et duabus mediis fuscis: subtus sordide 
alba, gula et pectore nigro striatis : alis ad minus 0°3 poll. a 
fine caude accedentibus. 
Long. tota 5°7, alee 3°9, caudee 2°4, tarsi 1:0, rostri a rictu 0°85. 
Seems to take the place, among the Crested Larks, of the Wood- 
Lark among the true Alaudine, and is at once distinguished by the 
shortness of its tail and length of its wing. We found it only in the 
Ghor. 
82. Orocorys PENICILLATA, Gould. 
Found in some plenty close to the snow-line in Lebanon and on the 
top of Hermon, but nowhere else. Never descends far from the snow- 
line. Mr. Swinhoe’s Tientsin specimen (referred to, P. Z. 8. 1863, 
p- 272) is quite different, and, I conceive, is the true O. alpestris, 
var., not O. penicillata. ' 
83. CERTHILAUDA DESERTORUM, Stanley. 
Scarce in the southern desert. 
84, ANTHUS CAMPEsTRIS, Bechst. 
Generally distributed and resident. 
85. ANTHUS SPINOLETTA (L.). 
Taken once only, in a marsh by Merom. 
86. ANTHUS PRATENSIS (L.). 
Common in winter ; occasionally found throughout the year. 
87. Antuus ceRvinuS, K. & Bl. 
A specimen shot in winter on the coast. 
