AMMOMANES. 147 



Atnmomanes phcenicuroides (Blyth). 



Ammomanes phoenicuroides, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xiii. p. 647 



(1890) ; Oates, Fauna Brit. Ind.;' Birds, ii. p. 340 (1890) ; id., ed. 



Hume, Nests 8r Eggs Ind. Birds, ii. p. 242 (1890) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. 



V. p. 184 (1908). 

 Ammomanes deserti phoenicuroides, Hartert, Vog. 'Pal. Faun. pt. ii. 



p. 224 (1904). 



The eggs of Blyth's Desert-Lark are of a regular oval shape 

 and! moderately glossy. They are pale greyish-white, speckled and 

 spotted with pale brown and underlying purplish-grey. The 

 markings are more dense at the broad end, where they form a small 

 cap. Two examples measure respectively : -77 by -6 ; '82 by '6. 



2. Nowshera, Peshawur Valley, Hume Coll. 



Punjab, 4th May (C. B. Cock). 



Ammomanes arenicolor (Simdev.). 



Am'uomanes elegans, Locke, Expl. Sci. Algh:, Ois. ii. p. 26 (1867). 

 Ammomanes cinctura, Dresser, Birds Bur. iv. p. 335 (1875) ; Sharpe, 



Cat. Birds B. M. xiii. p. 644 (1890) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 135 



(1899). 

 Ammomanes phoenicura arenicolor, Hartert, Vog. Pal. Faun. pt. ii. p. 224 



(1904). 

 Ammomanes cinctura arenicolor, Whitaker, Birds Tunis, i. p. 277 



(1905). 

 Ammomanes arenicolor, Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 183 (1908). 



Eggs of Gould's Desert-Lark are of a regular oval shape and 

 entirely devoid of gloss. They are white, rather thickly marked, 

 especially at the broad end, with specks and very small spots of 

 deep purplish-brown and lavender. They measure from -8 to '82 

 in length, and from -59 to -6 in breadth. 



3. Sillousa, Tnnis, 10th April. W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



[P.]. 



4. Algeria, 7th April (P. Spatz). W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



1. Algeria (Loehe). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



2. El Aghouat, 0. Algeria (Zoche : Crowley Bequest. 



Tristram Coll.). 



Ammomanes erythrochlamys (SmitJi). 



Ammomanes erythrochlamvs, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xiii. p. 648 (1890) ; 

 Stark, Faun. S. Afr., Birds, i. p. 199 (1900) ; Shellei/, Birds Afr. iii. 

 p. 95 (1902") ; Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 185 (1908). 



Two eggs of the Damaraland Desert-Lark are very similar to 

 those of A. isabellina, having the ground-colour white profusely 

 spotted and freckled all over with dark purplish-brown, reddish- 

 brown, and lavender. They measure '82 by "58. 



2. Otjimbinque, Damaraland, 13th Jan. Crowley Bequest. 

 ( C. J. Andersson : Tristram 

 Coll.). 



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