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Wing S5-90 (H.). Tarsus 23. Bill 13. After autumn moult head 

 and neck greyish isabelline, tips of quills and tail white, and 

 underparts vinous tinged. 9 Above light brown ; beneath 

 vinous or salmon buff, throat mottled or almost pure black. 

 Breeds. — Egypt east of Nile to Palestine and Armenia. 



CE. finschi barnesi (Oates). (^ like "finschi" but larger. 

 Wing 87-95. Tarsus 25. Culmen 17-18 (H.) $ like "finschi " $ 

 but throat browner. 



Breeds. — N. Caucasus to Kirghiz Steppes, Transcaspia, Persia 

 and Afghanistan. Has occurred in Egypt. 



CEnanthe isabellina (Cretzschmar). Isabelline 

 Wheatear. 



^ 9 Above light brown, upper tail coverts white ; tail 

 white, central feathers black ends about 35 m.m., others about 

 23 m.m. ; beneath isabelline, often reddish especially after moult ; 

 under wing coverts and axillaries white. Bill, legs and feet 

 black. Wing ^ 97-106, $ 94-100. Tarsus 27-30. Bill 12-13. 



Breeds. — S. Russian Steppes, through Siberia to N.W. China ; 

 also Asia Minor, vSyria, Palestine. Occurs Egypt on passage; 

 winters N.W. India to N.E. Africa. Rare visitor Britain, 

 vS. Tunis, S. Algeria. 



CEnanthe xanthoprymna xanthoprymna (Hemprich 

 and Ehrcnberg). 



^ Above brown ; supercilium, basal part of tail and under- 

 parts white ; throat, face, apical part of tail, under wing coverts 

 and axillaries black ; rump, upper and under tail coverts 

 cinnamon. Bill, legs and feet black. Wing ^ 93-5, 9 9i*5 (H.). 

 9 Above brown ; upper tail coverts and basal part of tail 

 cinnamon, passing into white towards the feather-roots ; beneath 

 dull buff, dark on throat and ear coverts. 



Breeds. — Egypt, Nubia, Red Sea Coasts, S.W. Persia. 



CEnanthe moesta (Lichtenstein). Mourning Wheatear. 



c5 Crown grey or pale brown ; back and scapulars smoky 

 black ; outer margins of wing coverts and quills white ; tail 

 dark brown, base ferruginous ; tail coverts reddish buff; lores, 

 face, throat, under wing coverts and axillaries black, breast and 

 abdomen white. Bill, legs and feet black. 9 Above light 



