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an adult male. Figured by Saunders, "Manual," p. 

 23, and by Dresser, " Birds of Europe," under the name 

 Saxicola rufa. 



Ohs. This bird, the Russet-coloured Wheatear of 

 Edwards ("Nat. Hist. Birds," 1743, p. 31, pi. xxxi.), 

 is regarded as a western form of the Black-throated 

 Wheatear, Saxicola melanoleuca (Giildenstiidt), dif- 

 fering from it in having the black on the throat 

 much less extended, and in having both dorsal and 

 ventral feathers more suffused with buflf. In fact, 

 it is more rufous at all seasons than its closely allied 

 congener. See note on a rare Wheatear seen near 

 Spurn on Sept. 18, 1892, Cordeaux, Zool, 1892, 

 p. 424. 



ISABELLINE WHEATEAR. Saxicola isahellina, Rup- 

 pell. Length, 6-5 in. ; bill, 0-7 in. ; wing, 3*75 in. ; 

 tarsus, 1*2 in. 



Hab. Northern Russia, Asia Minor, and Palestine ; 

 wintering in Eg3rpt, Nubia, and Abyssinia, as well as in 

 N.W. India. 



One, Allonby, Cumberland, Nov. 11, 1887: Macpher- 

 son. Ibis, 1888, p. 149. Zool, 1888, p. 320 ; Saunders, 

 " Manual," p. 21, figure. In the British Museum. 



Ohs. Not unlike a female of the Common Wheat- 

 ear, but with a broader white lining to the quills, and 

 a longer tarsus. For a more detailed account of the 

 distribution of this and the last-mentioned species, 

 see Proc. Zool. Soc, 1874, pp. 218, &c. ; and as an 

 aid to the identification of immature examples, see 

 the remarks by Mr. Aplin on the spring moult of 



the Wheatear, Zool, 1887, p. 300. 



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