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Mons. Jules Verreaux all agreed with me in considering it 

 new, I described it as such. Mr. Tristram considers it a 

 form of Galerita cristata, in. which I cannot coincide ; the 

 nearest described species is probably Alauda erythropygia 

 of Strickland (P. Z. S. 1850, Aves, pi. xxiv.), but the 

 present form is smaller, and the rufous colouring on the 

 taU-feathers is differently distributed. 



178. Calandrella brachydactyla (Temm.). 



Kiipp. Syst. Uebers. No. 306. — HeugL Joum. t Om. p. 232. 



Not rare on the shores of Annesley Bay. I did not 

 meet with it in the highlands. 



179. C. Anderssoni (Tristram). IVLS. Ibis, 1869, p. 434. 



Closely allied to A. cinerea, Latham {A. ruficeps, 

 Etipp.), but smaller, and without the black spot at the 

 side of the neck. Mr. Tristram informs me that he 

 considers it distinct, and has named it after the 

 South A&ican Naturalist, who discovered it also in 

 Damara Land. 



This bird is unquestionably a Calandrella, and per- 

 fectly congeneric with the last species, which it probably 

 replaces on the Abyssinian highlands, both in form and 

 habits. 



I found this small Lark abundant on stony ground 

 near Senafd, keeping much in large communities, and 

 highly social, precisely like C. brachydactyla. 



A male specimen measures : wing 3*25 in., tail 2"1, 

 tarsus 0-8, hind claw 0-35, biU from front 0-4 in. 



