638 Col. R. Meinertzhagen on Birds from [Ibis, 
The outer tail-feather has dark colour only in the proximal 
third of the outer web, but in other respects appears to 
resemble that of nigricans , maculata , and moeritica. 
Wing of males 98-109 mm., culmen 18*5-22. Wing of 
females 95-104, culmen 19-21. 
This race occurs at Damascus, Baalbek, round the Sea of 
Galilee on all shores, and in the upper Jordan Yalley, at 
Baisan, Jenin (northern Judaean highlands), but not round 
Nablus where brachyura occurs, south along the hills to 
Jernsalem, and to Hebron, about which place brachyura is met. 
Note .—An adult female from Aidin, in Asia Minor, shot 
on 4. vii., appears similar to zion in colour, but has a slenderer, 
not longer bill. Wing 101 mm., culmen 21. 
Galerida cristata ciimamomina Hartert. 
15 examined from Mount Carmel (Oct.), Haifa (March), 
Beyrouth (Oct.), and Sidon (Oct.). 
In fresh autumn plumage this race has a distinct cinnnmon 
tino-e on the upper parts, unlike that of any other race under 
review. Breast-spotting large and well-marked. In worn 
plumage birds closely resemble zion in autumn plumage, and 
entirely lack the cinnamon tinge. 
The outer web of the outer tail-feather is as in zion , but 
the inner web frequently has a large wedge of buff along 
the distal half of the shaft. 
Wing of males 100-109, and of females 97-99. Culmen 
of males 18*5-21, and of females 18-20 mm. 
Appears to be confined to the coastal strip from Mount 
Carmel north through Acre, Tyre, and Sidon to Beyrouth 
and the foot-hills of the Lebanon behind that town, ascending 
to about 1200 feet. There are no Crested Larks on the 
higher slopes of the Lebanon. 
Galerida cristata brachyura Tristram. 
Galerida c. caroli Hartert, Yog. pal. Fauna, 1904, p. 234 : 
Natron Valley, Egypt. 
Galerida cristata eritrece Zedl. Orn. Monatsb. 1910, p. 59 : 
Gliedem, Red Sea coast. 
