10. MYIOIKCOCICHLA. 361 



Cercomela melauura {Temm.), Jerd. B. Ind, ii. p. 13;> (ISG-'i). 

 Saxicola lypum {Hemp, et IJir.), (irwj, Handel. B. i. p. 226. uo. 3244 



(18(59). 

 Saxicola (Cercomela) melauura {Temm.), Blanf. Geol. Sf Zool. Abyss. 



p. 363 (1870). 



In the adult male in hreedinrf-jplumarie the general colour of the 

 upper parts is grey ; lores and ear-coverts pale brown ; quills and 

 Aving-covcrts greyish brown, the outside webs margined with greyish 

 ■white; rump and upper tail-coverts black, the latter obscurely 

 margined at the tip with white ; tail black ; underparts pale grey, 

 shading into nearly white on the axillaries, imder wing-coverts, 

 centre of belly, and under tail-coverts. Bill, legs, feet, and claws black. 

 Wing with the third, fourth, and fifth primaries nearly equal and 

 longest ; second primary intermediate in length between the sixth and 

 seventh; bastard primary O-'J to 0-75 inch. Length of wing 3-1 to 

 2-82 inches, tail 2-5 to 2-3, culmen 0-65 to 0-6, tarsus 0-95 to 0-85. 



The female differs from the male in being darker in colour, the 

 general colour of the upper parts being brown, and of the under- 

 parts brownish white. The autumn pluma<je scarcely differs from 

 that of spring. Birds of the year and young in first plumage appear 

 to be unknown. 



Temminck's Chat-liobiu breeds in Southern Palestine, Arabia, 

 Nubia, and Abyssinia. It is said not to be migratory. Its re- 

 ported occurrence in India is supposed to be an error. 



Zoulla, Anneslev Bay, W. T. Blanford, Esq. [C.]. 



Jan. -Zf^, 18G8! 



Maveu, Koomavlee Pass, W. T. Blanford, Esq. [C.l. 



Jan. 20, 1868. 



Anseba valley, Aug. 18, R. B. Sharpe, Esq. 



1868 ( W. Jesse). 



Engedi, Palestine, Jan. F. Godman and O. Salvin, 



•22, 1864 (Tristram). Esqrs. [P.]. 



Engedi, Palestine. Canon Tristram [C.]. 



Jebel Usdum, Palestine. Canon Tristram [C.]. 



8. llyrmecocichla fuscicaudata. 



Piuticilla fuscicaudata, Bhinford, Ann. Xat. Ilisf. 1869, iv. p. 329 ; 



Blanf. Geol. i,- Zool. Abyss, p. 3o9, pi. iv. (1870). 

 Saxicola scotocerca, Heuyt. Orn. N.O.-Afr. i. p. 363 (1869). 

 Ruticilla scotocerca (Hviajl.), Fimch, tr. Z. S. vii. p. 324 (1870). 



Adult male in hreediny-jtlumaye. General colour of the upper 

 parts earthy brown, the ovitside webs of the wing-coverts and 

 secondaries margined with rufous-brown ; a narrow line above the 

 lores and the whole of the underparts, including the axillaries, 

 under wing-coverts, and the inner margin of the quills, pale brown. 

 Bill, legs, and feet dark brown. Wings M-ith the third and fourth 

 primaries nearly eijual a7id longest, second primary about e(]ual to 

 the seventh, bastard primarj- 0-9 inch. Length of wing 2-9 inches, 

 tail 2-2, culmen (i-6, tarsns 0*8o. 



Nothing is known of any differences in the colour of the plumage, 

 which ma J" be attributable to age, sf.r, or season. 



