Crested La rim found in Egypt. 549 



shot by Dr. C. B. Ticeburst on an island in Lake Mareotis 

 wbicb was paired with a G. c. caroli. Dr. Ticeburst identifies 

 the -bird in question (G. c. altirostris) as G. c. mmriiica 

 {cf. Zoologist, 1912; p. 48), an identification with wbicb 1 

 cannot agree. 



G. c. altirostris was originally described from Kom Ombo 

 in Upper Egypt^, and the type specimen shot in October is a 

 freshly moulted bird of a greyish-brown coloration. I can, 

 however, exactly match it with a specimen from Damietta. 



This subspecies differs from G. c. nigricans in being 

 paler above and in having the spots on the breast generally 

 smaller, less black, and usually less distinct; this last feature 

 is especially noticeable in freshly moulted birds. 



Wing-measurement of males, 98-103*5 mm. 



Galerida cristata nicer itica Nicoll and Bonhote. 



Galerida cristata mcEritica Nicoll and Bonhote, Bull. 

 B.O.C. xxiii. 1909, p. 101. 



In our original description Mr. Bonhote and I wrongly 

 compared this race with G. c. nigricans, whereas it is nearest 

 to G. c. altirostris ; this was due, however, to the fact that it 

 was not till a year later that we discovered tbat G. c. alti- 

 rostris was found in Lower Egypt, all our specimens having 

 previously been '^ lumped^' with G. c. nigricans. 



Galerida cristata ma^ritica was described from specimens 

 obtained by us in March 1909, on the southern shore of 

 Lake Kerun in the Eayum, whence I have since procured 

 a large series of examples, both in spring and winter. 



This form is distinguishable from G. c. altirostris by the 

 paler coloration of tbe upper parts, the usually slightly 

 whiter under parts especially noticeable in spring examples, 

 by the usually smaller and more clear-cut spots on the 

 breast, and by its longer wings, a series of 28 males having 

 an average wing-measurement of 103-4 mm., whereas a 

 similar number of males of G. c. altirostris bave an average 

 wing-measurement of 100' 15 mm. 



It is not always easy, and sometimes perhaps impossible, 

 to separate some individuals of G. c. maritica from G. c. alii- 



