22 ARKIV FÖR ZOOLOGI. BAND 5. NIO 9. 



Saxicola oenaiitlie argentea n. subsp. 



Bura 9 (n:o 137) 9 (n:o 140) ^^/ö 1908. Kjachta »9» according to label but 



no doubt ef (n:o 133) ^Vs »9» according to label but no doubt cT (n:o 132) 



•'75 1908. Kiran ef (n:o 131) ''Vö 1908. 



Specimens 131, 132 and 133 are undoubtedly old males 

 and they differ from typica] Swedish specimens of Saxicola 

 oenanthe by their lighter colour of the upper parts which 

 may be termed silveriy grey in n:o 131 even mixed with 

 white in the middle of the back. This »silvery» shade is 

 increased by the somewhat silky appearence in some lights 

 of the grey feathers of the head and back. The forehead 

 has more white, and the white eyebrow-stripe is broader 

 than in average Swedish specimens. The lower parts are 

 white, suffused with a slight buffish tint on the upper breast 

 extending över a semihmar area from the black ear-coverts 

 and leaving the throat pure white. The female is a little 

 paler than Swedish specimens.^ 



Length of wing of the males which are much worn measure 

 resp. 97, 98 and 99 mm. 



The bill is larger than in Swedish specimens the culmen 

 measuring 16 — 17 mm. 



In this monograph on >y Saxicola Borealis» (»Berajah» 

 1905) Kleinschmidt has mentioned among what he calls 

 »Form£e subtiles» a påle race from Turkestan (1. c. p. 5). 

 It is possible that this is the same as the one described and 

 named above. 



Saxicola pleschaiika (Lepechin). 



Bura (n:o 127) "Vö 1908. 



This specimen is labeled »§» but is undoubtedly a 

 c? as the black and white plumage proves. 



Phoenicurus erytlirogaster grandis (G guld). 



Tologutu (fd (n:o 114, 115) ^5 ef (n:o 113) V^ 1908. 



Length of wing 100 — 103 mm. 



Phoenicurus auroreus (Pallas). 



Chara 9 juv. (n:o 179) '7g 1908. 



A young bird in its iirst plumage. Length of wing 

 71 mm. 



^ Dr. Ottosson has informed me that the eggs of this race are smaller 

 than these of typical Swedish birds. 



