130 BIRDS OF EUROPE AND NORTH AFRICA 



Bill, legs and feet black. Wing ^ 71-78, $ 71-76. Tarsus 

 20-23. Bill 8-10. $ Supercilium buff; beneath yellowish white 

 (sometimes reddish) with few spots on breast ; wing bars 

 smaller. 



Breeds. — British Isles ; Europe north to Finmark and Arch- 

 angel, south to Mountains of N. Spain, Italy, Sicily, Sardinia 

 and Bulgaria ; Russia east to Urals and W. Siberia, south to 

 Astrakhan and Uralsk. Migrates ; occurs Greece and Mediter- 

 ranean countries on passage, also Egypt and N.W. Africa. 

 Winters in tropical Africa both E. and W. 



S. rubetra spatzi (Erlanger). Feather edges above paler, 

 more yellowish brown. 



Breeds. — S. Dalmatia. Occurs Algeria on passage. Has been 

 recorded from Kenya Colony in winter. 



S. rubetra noskae (Tschusi). Larger (wing about 83) ; upper 

 parts paler than " spatzi," more yellowish grey ; dark centres to 

 feathers longer. 



Breeds. — Caucasus, Occurs W. Persia on passage and in 

 Uganda in winter, 



Saxicola dacotiae dacotiae (Meade-Waldo). 



$ Above dark brown ; lores, cheeks, and' ear coverts black, 

 supercilium white ; beneath white with rusty patch on breast ; 

 tail brown, no white at base ; ist primary about 10 m,m, longer 

 than coverts. Bill, legs and feet black. Wing 60-63, Tarsus 

 21-22. Culmen 14-15-5 (H.), ? Paler; brown above, throat 

 white, rest of underparts buff. 



Resident. — Fuerteventura (E, Canary Islands), 



S. dacotiae murielae Bannerman. 1^ Above darker, more 

 striated ; beneath, throat white, rest of underparts rusty buff. 

 9 Paler buff below, cheeks and ear coverts light brown. Wing 

 S 65, 9 60. Tarsus 23. Bill 11. 



Resident. — Allegranza, Montana Clara (E, Canary Islands). 



Saxicola torquata rubicola (L ). Stonechat. Fr. 



Traquct patrc ; Gcr. Schwarzkelchen ; Ital. Saltinpalo. 



, ^ winter. Above black with rusty brown edges to feathers, 



upper tail coverts white with black spots and brown edges ; wing 



patch and sides of neck white ; chin and throat black, buff 



