NOVITATES ZOOLOGICAB XXVI. 1919. 163 



ALAUDIDAE. 



226. Certhflauda albofasciata erikssoni Hart. = Certhilauda alhofasciata erikssoni. 



GerthOauda alhofasciata erikssoni Hartert, BuU. B.O. Club, xix. p. 82 (1907—" Okahokahana, on 

 the Etosha Saltpan in Southern Ovampoland, German S.W. Africa "). 



Type : Adult, Okahokahana (Okahokaanna), 25. vii. 1880. A. W. Eriksson 

 leg. No. 2580. 



Only this one specimen to hand, but a very distinct form. 



227. Certhilauda albofasciata obscuiata Hart. = Certhilauda albofasciata obscurata. 

 CerthMavda albofasciata obscwata Harteit, BvM. B.O, Club, xix. p. 83 (1907 — Benguella), 



Type : S ad., Bulu-bulu in the Bihe district, Benguella, 30. ix. 1904. W. J. 

 Ansorge leg. (No. 143.) 



A dozen specimens compared when described. 



228. Alaemon alaudipes boavistae Hart. = Alaemon alaudipes boavistae. 



Alaemon alaudipes boavistae Hartert, BuU. B.O. Club, xxxvii. p. 56 (1917 — ^Boa Vista, Cape Verd 

 Islands). 



Type : 3 ad., Boavista, 29. x. 1897. Boyd Alexander leg. 



229. Melanocorypha calandra psammochroa Hart. = Melanocorypha calandra 



psammachroa. 



MeUmocorypha calandra psammochroa Hartert, Vog. pal. Fauna, i. p. 210 (1904 — " Ost-Persien, i 

 Afghanistan, Transkaspien und Turkestan "). 



Type : <?, No. 14 (4420), Dur-Badom in East Persia, 14. xi. 1898 (Russian 

 date !). N. Zarudny leg. 



? f 230. Tephrocorys cinerea erlangeri Neum. = ? Calandrella cinerea rwficeps. 

 TephrocQrys cinerea erlangeri Neumann, Joum, f. Om, 1906, p. 239 (North Somaliland), 



Type : (J ad.. Sheikh Mahomet on the Webbe, 13. xi. 1894. Dr. Donaldson 

 Smith leg. 



I doubt if this form can be separated from ruficeps ; the type is in very worn 

 plumage. 



231. Calandrella minor polatzeki Hart. = Calandrella minor polatzeki. 

 Calandrella minor polatzeki Hartert, Vog. pal. Fauna, p. 217 (1904 — ^Lanzarote and Fuertaventura). 



Type: <? ad., Lanzarote, 3.iii. 1902. Hptm. Polatzek leg. No. 1178. 



This form is certainly not the same as rufescens, but curiously enough it 

 inhabits also Gran Canaria, while rufescens appears to be found only on the plateau 

 of Laguna, Tenerife. 



t 232. Calandrella pispoletta canariensis Hart. = Calandrella minor rufescens. 

 CalandreUa pispoletta canariensis Hartert, BuU, BtO, Club, xi, p. 64 (1901 — ^Lagima, Tenerife). 



Type : S ad., Laguna, 7.iii. 1901. Curt Floericke leg. No. 1260. 



This is a very distinct subspecies, but it must bear the name rufescens, given 

 to it by Vieillot^^in 1820. In addition to their rufescent upperside these birds 

 become stained by the rufous soil of the Laguna plain, unless freshly moulted. 



