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AMMOMANES DESEETL 



(DESERT-LARK.) 



Alauda deserti, Licht. Verz. Doubl. p. 28 (1823). 



Alauda isabellina, Temm. PI. Col. 244. fig. 2 (1838). 



Phileremos isabellina (Temm.), Von der Miihle, Orn. Griechenl. p. 38 (1844). 



Mirafra deserti, G. P. Gray, Gen. of Birds, Subfam. vi. (1844). 



Melanocorypha isabellina (Temm.), Piipp. Syst. Uebers. p. 78. no. 307 (1845). 



Alauda lusitania (Gm.), Degland, Orn. Eur. i. p. 405 (1849, nee Gm.). 



Calandrella deserti (Licht.), Bp. Consp. Gen. Av. i. p. 244 (1850). 



Ammomanes deserti (Licht.), Cab. Mus. Hein. i. p. 125 (1850). 



Mirafra phcenicuroides, Blyth, J. A. Soc. Beng. xxii. p. 583 (1853). 



Melanocorypha deserti (Licht.), C. L. Brehm, Vogelfang, p. 121 (1855). 



Melanocorypha isabellina, C. L. Brehm, torn. cit. p. 121 (1855). 



Melanocorypha arabs, C. L. Brehm, torn. cit. p. 122 (1855). 



Melanocorypha galeritaria, C. L. Brehm, torn. cit. p. 122 (1855). 



Annomanes deserti (Licht.), Bp. Cat. Parzud. p. 8 (1856). 



Annomanes isabellina (Temm.), Bp. torn. cit. p. 8 (1856). 



Ammomanes isabellina (Temm.), Tristram, Ibis, 1859, p. 34. 



Ammomanes f rater cuius, Tristram, P. Z. S. 1864, p. 434. 



Ammomanes lusitanica, Blyth, Ibis, 1867, p. 45 (nee Gm.). 



Ammomanes lusitana (Gm.), Salvadori, Ucc. dTtal. ii. p. 133 (1872, nee Gm.). 



Figures notabiles. 

 Temminck, PI. Col. 244. fig. 2; Bree, B. of Eur. ii. pi. to p. 188. 



6 ad. corpore supra pallide rufescenti-isabellino, subtus albo vis isabellino tincto : gutture nigrescente 

 indistincte striato : remigibus pallide fuscis extus rufescente isabellino marginatis, secundariis intimis 

 et tectricibus alarum, superioribus dorso concoloribus : rectricibus centralibus rufescenti-isabellinis, 

 versus apicem griseis et centraliter brunneo notatis, reliquis ad basin rufescentibus, versus apicem 

 sordide brunneis, duabus externis in pogonio externo fere ad apicem rufescentibus : subalaribus pallide 

 rufescenti-isabellinis : rostro pallide et sordide flavo, pedibus pallide schistaceis vix viridi tinctis : 

 iride fusca. 



2 ad. baud a mare distinguenda. 



Adult Male (Egypt) . Upper parts pale rufescent isabelline ; underparts white, slightly washed with 

 isabelline on the abdomen and flanks, and with very indistinct dark stripes on the throat ; quills pale 

 sandy brown with a greyish tinge, margined on the outer web with rufescent isabelline ; innermost 

 secondaries and wing-coverts coloured like the back ; rump and upper tail-coverts rather more rufous 

 than the back ; central rectrices reddish isabelline or pale sandy rufous, becoming grey towards the 



