637 
1921.] the Near East and Tropical East Africa. 
The wings of forty-one males average 102*6 mm. (max. 
106, min. LOO mm.) and of nineteen females 96*1 mm. 
(max. 100, min. 92 mm.). Culmen of S ? 19-21. 
The outer tail-feather of both this race and maculata is 
very variable, and frequently has a wedge of smoky buff on 
the distal end of the inner web. In other respects they do 
not differ from the outer tail-feathers of nigricans. 
Confined to the Fayoum in Upper Egypt. 
Galerida cristata altirostris Brehm. 
Galerida c. nubica Bianchi (cf. Hartert, Nov. Zool. 1919, 
p. 36). 
18 examined from the Dongola bend of the Nile. 
Culmen not so heavy as in somaliensis and nearer maculata. 
The general coloration on the back is very slightly redder 
than in brachyura , especially on the upper tail-coverts. This 
reddish colour is particularly noticeable in juvenile plumage. 
Wing of eleven adult males varies from 101 to 107, once 
110, culmen 19-20, and of seven females, wing from 95 to 
101, culmen 17*5 to 19 mm. 
The outer tail-feather is invariably paler and with less 
dark colour than in either of the preceding races, and invari¬ 
ably has a large wedge of pale buff on the distal half of the 
inner web. 
Inhabits the Nile Valley in the Dongola bend at Merowe, 
Kerma, etc. 
Galerida cristata zion Meinertzhagen, Bull. B. 0. C. xli. 
1920, p. 21 : Jerusalem. 
44 examined from Damascus, the Judaean highlands, and 
the Sea of Galilee. 
Nearest to cinnamomina, but without a cinnamon tinge in 
fresh autumn plumage. Darker than brachyura in autumn 
plumage, the feathers having blacker centres. Under parts 
similar to cinnamomina , but the breast-spotting is more 
marked than in brachyura. 
In worn plumage birds become more bleached than cinna¬ 
momina, and are then usually indistinguishable from brachyura 
in similar plumage. 
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