Dunn's Lark breeding in Egypt 
SherifM Baha El Din 
At least four singing Dunn's Larks Eremalauda dunni were noticed on 
8 May 1990, approximately 35 km southwest of El Arish, north Sinai. 
They were performing their distinctive song flight, and later several 
other individuals were seen defending territories and carrying food. 
More than 10 Dunn's Larks were seen at the same locality on 1 January 
1990. The only previous record from Egypt was of a single individual 
just north of Nekhal in March 1981 (Goodman & Meininger 1989). 
The birds were found on a wide (+10 km) gravel plain with numerous 
sandy patches, situated between the coastal dunes of north Sinai to the 
north and the hills of Gebel Maghara and Gebel Halal to the south. The 
plain had a good vegetation cover, dominated primarily by Fagonia ar- 
abica, Anabasis articulata, Stipagrostis ciliata, Panicum tragidum and 
Erodium pulverulentum. The larks fed regularly on the seeds of the last 
species. 
Four other lark species were observed in association with Dunn's 
Larks at the same locality. Bar-tailed Desert Larks Ammonmnes cinc- 
turus were particularly numerous; their association with Dunn's Lark 
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