472 DB. B. B. SHABPE ON BiRUS [May 21 , 



39. Alauditla somalica, n. sp. 



A. similis A. luinori, sed major et rostro conspicue lonfjiore, ahdo- 

 mine albo, suhalanbus arenanis et fascia nigra conspicua 

 rictali distitiguenda. Long. tot. 5*7 poll., culm. 0*55, aZtc 3-5, 

 caudce 1-95, tarsi 0'85. 

 a. S. The Haud, July 23, 1894. 



Owing to the specimens being in moult, I have had the utmost 

 difficulty in determining the Larks in Dr. Smith's collection, and 

 I am not certain whether the species above described is an 

 Alaudula or a Calandrella. If of the latter genus, it has no near 

 ally, as it has distinct black spots on the throat. In the genus 

 Alaudula it will find its nearest ally in A. minor ; but it is a larger 

 bird, with a much longer bill and rufescent under wing-coverts ; 

 above all, it is distinguished by the black band which runs from 

 the gape to below the hinder part of the eye. 



40. MiEAFEA GILLETTI. 



Mirafra gilletti, Sharpe, Bull. B. O. Club, iv. p. xxix. 

 a. Ad. Sibbe, Aug. 4, 1894. 



This seems to be quite a distinct species, distinguished by its 

 ashy-brown rump and upper tail-coverts. 



41. Galeeita ceistata. 



Galerita cristata (Linn.) ; Heugl. N.O.-Afr. i. p. 680 (1871) ; 

 Oust. Bib]. Ecole Hautes Etudes, xxxi. art. 10, p. 8 (1886); 

 Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xiii. p. 626 (1890). 



a. Berbera, July 4, 1894. 



Belongs to the rufous-tailed race of the Crested Lark {G. sene- 

 galensis). 



42. Ammomanes deseeti. 



Ammomanes deserti (Licht.) ; Heugl. Om. N. O.-Afr. i. p. 684 

 (1871) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xiii. p. 646 (1890). 



a, b. d ad. Ardeh, July 14, 1894. 



This record appears to extend the range of the Desert Lark 

 somewhat further to the southward, as Heuglin only regarded it 

 as a possible inhabitant of the coast district of Somali-land, 

 though he recorded its southern range as 15° N. lat. in Nubia 

 and on the Abyssinian coast-lands, but not occurring in Abyssinia 

 proper. 



43. PXEEHULAUDA MELANAtTCHEIf. 



Coraphites melanauchen, Cab. ; Heugl. Orn. N.O.-Afr. i. p. 672 

 (1871). 



Pyrrhulauda melanauchen, Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xiii. p. 655 

 (1890). 



a. cJ , Berbera, July 3, 1894. 



