1922. | lollection of Birds made in the Sudan. 689 (nanthe hispanica melanoleuca (Giildenstiidt).

3g. Sennar, Dec. 1920. 9. Um Ruaba, Kordofan, Dec. 1920.

Cnanthe deserti deserti (Temminck).

5 g, 3 9. Kabashia, Berber, Jan. 1921. 2 ¢. Halfa, Feb. 1921.

The two forms of Desert Chat which occur in northern Africa are (2. d. deserti, the eastern form, and @2.d: homochroa, the western form. Both occur as residents in Egypt, though there appears to be a slight migration of the western form in spring.

In my ‘Handlist,’ page 3, I wrongly used the name atrogularis for the eastern race.

(nanthe lugens persica (Seebohm).

o>» jaalfa, Hebe LOzie The winter range of this Chat extends to Egypt and the Sudan. I have an adult female which I shot at Abu Hamed in winter, and we also have two winter specimens from Upper Egypt.

The western race of lugens has occurred in Egypt; an adult female, shot by myself in Giza Province on 24. ii. 1909, is in our Museum.

The actual meeting place of O. 1. lugens and O. 1. halophila is not known, but I obtained a pair of adult birds near the Giza Pyramids, getting into breeding condition, on 28 lebruary, 1921. The male is a typical halophila, and the female lugens lugens !

Galerida cristata halfe Nicoll.

Galerida cristata halfe Nicoll, Bull. B. O. C. vol. xlii, 1921, pe i: aoa, 4 Ye Halts, Rebs1g2r This interesting race, occurring between the ranges of G. c. altirostris and nubica, was hardly a surprise to me as | had seen, though not obtained, examples in 1910.

As I have stated before, I cannot agree with my friend Hartert on his later nomenclature of these Larks. The name