DR. O. FINSCH ON BIRDS FROM NORTH-EASTERN 
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139. Gaveriva cristata (L.). 
Galerita cristata, Riipp. Syst. Uebers. p. 78. no. 309; Heugl. Syst. Uebers. no. 443 ; id. Fauna des 
Roth. Meer. no. 179; id. Journ. f. Ornith. 1868, p. 223. 
abyssinica, Bp. Consp. p. 245; Brehm, Habesch, p. 218. no. 98. 
—— senegalensis, Hartl. W. Afr. p. 153. 
—— cristata, Finsch & Hartl. Vogel Ostafr. p. 460. no. 246. 
a. 6. Senafé. August 24 (no. 154). 
6. g. Amba. August 18 (no. 96). 
c. 6. Amba. August 21. 
d. 9. Massuah. August 23 (no. H). 
A careful comparison of these birds with European specimens has convinced me that 
there is no specific difference, and that the African Crested Lark varies as much as our 
European one. The male ¢ agrees in every respect with a German specimen, also the 
female d; the male J has a rather shorter and straighter bill, a broader moustache- 
stripe, whereas in the male @ the ground-colour of the under surface is rather washed 
with ferruginous, the upper parts are also darker brown. Specimens from the high- 
lands of Abyssinia (Bremen Museum) are identical. Von Heuglin, who also unites with 
G. cristata the G. lutea of Brehm, an apparently distinct species, is wrong in saying 
that the African Crested Lark is always smaller in size, as the following table of measure- 
ments will show at once :— 
Long. al, Caud. Culm, Tars. Dig. intern. Dig. post. cum ung. 
gi gi oN ol (uu 103!" 63" ec. 4il eb oar. 
3.8 alk 63 ll _ 4 43 4 fit 
4 0 eel: 7 112 7 4 53 sniGs 
3.7 2 0 7 12 7 4 Di cu usb wes 
38 8-10 2 1 62 ll 63 4. 5. . . Germany.—0O. F. 
[Iris brown; beak horn-colour; legs and feet flesh-colour. 
Procured or observed at Zoulla, in March; Senafé, April; Amba and Massowah, in 
August; so that it seems well distributed at all periods of the year.—W. J.] 
140. AMMOMANES DESERTI (Licht.). 
Ammomanes deserti, Licht. Verz. Doubl. 1823, p. 28. 
Alauda isabellina, Temm., Pl. Col, 244. f. 2. 
Melanocorypha isabellina, Riipp. Syst. Uebers. p. 78. no. 307 ; Heugl. Syst. Uebers. no, 441. 
Ammomanes deserti, Cab. Mus. Hein. i. p. 125; Brehm, Habesch, p. 218. no. 99, 
a. 6. Koomaylee. June 3, 
6. d. Amba. August 18 (no. 37). 
c. 6. Amba, August 19. 
d. Amba. August 21 (G). 
e. d. Amba. August 21 (K). 
