ALIEMON.
Large as Thrushes. Bill long, slender, curved ; 1st primary longer than coverts ; hind claw short, straight.
Almon alaudipes alaudipes (llesfontaines).
Above pale reddish sandy, paler on rump and upper tail coverts, greyish on head and nape ; primaries dark brown, white at base ; secondaries white with conspicuous black central band ; beneath white or pale buff, chest spotted dark brown. Bill slaty grey. Legs and feet china white. Wing 118-130,
? toS-116. Tarsus 33-35. Bill j 25-27, ? 21-24 (H.).
Resident —Algeria, south of Atlas ; C. and S. Tunisia ; Tripoli, Cyrenaica, east to deserts of Egypt and Sinai.
A. alaudipes desertorum (Stanley). Like "alaudipes" but much greyer above.
Resident.—Red Sea Islands and Coast ; desert between Cairo and Suez.