1921.] Birds of Lower Egypt. 245 
[I only found the nest of this species 011 one occasion—on 
16 May, 1910—and, unfortunately, the bird deserted. The 
nest was on a rocky ridge not far from the Moqattam Hills, 
and was placed on the ground between some flat rocks, the 
edge of the nest being surrounded by small stones. Young 
a few days old were observed on 25 May, 1910, and a fully- 
fledged young bird on 28 May. This species was common 
in the Wady Hof on 5 May, 1909, but appeared not to have 
then laid.—R. S.] 
20. Ammomanes phcenicurus arenicolor. Gould’s Desert 
Lark. 
[I observed this bird near Abbassia in January and 
February, 1910. Mr. Nicoll obtained a fully-fledged young 
bird in the Wadi FTatrun on 25 May, 1910.-^-11. S.] 
21-24. Galerida cristata nigricans, altiroslris, mceritica, 
and caroli. Egyptian Crested Larks. 
Common and resident. Abu Zabal appears to have both 
6r. c. nigricans and G. c. altirostris, and I ha've frequently 
observed what appeared to be birds referable to both sub¬ 
species obviously paired. The latter lighter type was more 
numerous. I have specimens of both forms shot at the 
same place. They breed from the first week in April until 
the end of May, but on one occasion I saw young birds on 
the wing on 10 April. 
I found eggs of G. c. mceritica in the Fayum Province 
on 14 March, 1917, and saw G. c. caroli feeding young in 
the Wadi Natrun in mid-May, 1918. I never found more 
than four eggs in a nest, and usually only three, but Mr. J. L. 
Bonhote found a five clutch near the coast. 
[6r. c. nigricans . My earliest date is for two eggs at Abu 
Boash on 22. iii. 09 ; my latest date for several clutches is 
Inchas 29. v. 19. Three appears to be the normal clutch, 
though I have two clutches of four. There is great variation 
between different clutches. 
G. c. mceritica. One egg fresh near Lake Qarun, 
30. iii. 10 ; two clutches of two hard-set, 31. iii. 10.—R. 8.] 
