Proceedings of the general meetings for scientific business of the Zoological Society of London, 1895

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472 DR. R. B. SHARPE ON BIRDS [May 21, 39. ALAUDULA SOMALICA, n. sp. A. similis A. minori, sed major et rostro conspicue longiore, albo, subalaribus arenariis et fascia nigra conspicua rictedi distinguenda. Long. tot. 5"7 poll., culm. 0*55, alee caudce 1*95, tarsi 0*85. a. d . The Haud, July 23, 1894. Owing to the specimens being in moult, I have had the utmost difficulty in determining the Larks in Dr. Smith's collection, and I am not certain whether the species above described is an Alaudula or a Calandrella. If of the latter genus, it has no near ally, as it has distinct black spots on the throat. In the genus Alaudula it will find its nearest ally in A. minor; but it is a larger bird, with a much longer bill and rufescent under wing-coverts; above all, it is distinguished by the black band which runs from the gape to below the hinder part of the eye. 40. MlRAFRA GILLETTI. Mirafra gilletti, Sharpe, Bull. B. O. Club, iv. p. xxix. a. Ad. Sibbe, Aug. 4, 1894. This seems to be quite a distinct species, distinguished by its ashy-brown rump and upper tail-coverts. 41. GALERITA CRISTATA. Galerita cristata (Linn.) ; Heugl. N.O.-Afr. i. p. 680 (1871); Oust. Bibl. Ecole Hautes Etudes, xxxi. art. 10, p. 8 (1886); Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xiii. p. 626 (1890). a. Berbera, July 4, 1894. Belongs to the rufous-tailed race of the Crested Lark (G. sene­galensis). 42. AMMOMANES DESERTI. Ammomanes deserti (Licht.); Heugl. Orn. N. O.-Afr. i. p. 684 (1871) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit, Mus. xiii. p. 646 (1890). «, b. d ad. Ardeh, July 14, 1894. This record appears to extend the range of the Desert Lark somewhat further to the southward, as Heuglin only regarded it as a possible inhabitant of the coast district of Somali-land, though he recorded its southern range as 15° N. lat. in Nubia and on the Abyssinian coast-lands, but not occurring in Abyssinia proper. 43. PYRRHULAUDA MELANAUCHEN. Coraphites melanauchen, Cab. ; Heugl. Orn. N.O.-Afr. i. p. 672 (1871). Pyrrhulauda melanauchen, Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xiii. p. 655 (1890). a. d. Berbera, July 3, 1894.