6 Hon. N. C. Rothschild and Mr. A. F. R. Wollastou 
7. Anthus cervinus (Pall.). 
67 ?. 
The Red-throated Pipit was often to be seen on the river- 
banks in company with Wagtails. 
8. Calandrella brachydactvla (Leisl.). 
312 c^, 108 S, 314 c^, 142 ?, 109 ?, 110 $, 311 (?). 
The Short-toed Lark was undoubtedly the most abundant 
species that we saw at Shendi. It was always to be seen 
in parties of fifty or so in the scrub along the river-bank, 
whilst in the desert, a few miles from the river, we frequently 
came across immense flocks of several thousands of these 
birds. The females are very markedly smaller than the 
males. 
9 Galerida cristata (Linn.). 
201 S, 109 c?, 95 S, 236 S, 237 ^ , 253 S, 355 c? , 3 ? , 
381 ?, 150 ?, 106 ?, 279 ? , 296 $ , 361 ? , 295 ?, 
385 $ , 42 ? , 392 ? , 346 ? , 276 $ , 282 S juv., 390 ? 
Wad-Habushi. 
Our series of this Crested Lark belongs to a form very 
closely allied to the Galerida cristata flava of Brehm. 
Some specimens, in fact, agree exactly with the typical 
examples in the Brehm Collection at Tring ; but the 
majority of our Shendi specimens are a shade darker, 
especially with regard to the spots on the back. The young 
bird (No. 282), moreover, is very difiPerent from the young of 
G. c. flava, which is of a buffy sand-colour, without any very 
dark patches on the chest and back ; the Shendi specimen 
has deep brown centres to the feathers of those parts. It 
seems therefore that this form is a slightly darker race 
than G. c. flava, though some specimens seem to be indis- 
tinguishable from it. 
The Crested Lark of A^suan, Galerida cristata maculata 
Brehm, is a very much darker form, and darker still is the 
Crested Lark of Lower Egypt and the Delta, G. c. nigricans 
Brehm. It is not unreasonable to suppose that, if Crested 
Larks were collected all the wav down the Nile Vallev from 
Khartum, where the typical G. c. flava is found, to the 
