Handlist of the birds of Egypt / by M.J. Nicoll.

Michael John Nicoll

Date:: 1919

Credit: Handlist of the birds of Egypt / by M.J. Nicoll. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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$164. Brehm’s Crested Lark. Galerida cristata altirostris^idhui. Galerita altirostris. Brehm, Volgelfang, 1855, p. 124. Inhabits the poorer soil on the edge of the cultivation from the Mediterranean coast to Aswan. Paler and more ochreous on upper parts than the former. Spots on breast not so dark or distinct. Mings shorter. 165. Pale Crested Lark. Galerida cristata caroli Hartert. Plate 23. Resident in the Wadi Natrun and in the sandy and lake districts of Lower Egypt. _ Very sandy coloured on upper parts. Whitish below, wit narrow brownish streaks on the breast. 166. Short-tailed Crested Lark. Galerida cristata hrachyura Tristram. Resident at Suez and neighbourhood. More rufous than the preceding. Shelley, page 138, recognizes the difference in coloration of some of’the Egyptian crested larks, but does not separate them as races. 167. Grey Skylark. Alauda arvensis cinerea Ehmcke. Plate 27, fig. 15. Alauda intermedia. Shelley, p. 140. Common throughout the winter months. Much greyer than the English skylark. Length 1\ inches. Upper parts grey brown mottled with dark brown; under parts creamy white ; the throat and fore neck streaked with brown ; tail brown, the central pair of feathers grey brown, white on the outer pair; wing brown edged with white. 168. Intermediate Skylark. Alauda arvensis cantarella Bona¬ parte. Alauda arvensis. Shelley, p. 139. Common throughout the winter months. Resembles the former, but is browner in coloration. 169. Indian Skylark. Alauda gulc/ula incons'picua Severzow. Not previously recorded from Egypt or Africa. Two seen and one obtained by the writer in the W adi Natrun, Lower Egypt, in October 1914. Smaller than a skylark and more yellowish in coloration.$

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