365 



11. SAXICOLA, 



m'. Iliiiiip.Hiid iippor tail-coverts chest- 

 nut. Belly li>rlit brown. Browu on 

 tips of K/ outside tail-feathers less 

 than \ inch. Centre tail-feathers 

 ^ more than seven eighths inch brown qaltotii, p. .-JOO. 

 n . I pper tail-coverts chestnut. Brown " 

 on tips of 10 outside tail-feathers 

 half inch or more. Centre tail- 



feathers chestnut for the basal half sennaarensts, p. 390. 

 /. Base of tail-feathers white. 



o'. Back and scapulars pale slate-grey . wnanfhe, p. .391 



P . Back white. Scapulars black anrita, p 394 



<l[. Back and scapulars black vittata, p. 3!J(J. 



r. iiack and scapulars brown. 



h'\ Cheeks and breast black inkata, p. 397. 



t • Cheeks and breast white or pale 

 brown. 

 f". Outer web of outside tail- 

 feathers white. Dark part 

 of expanded tail V-shaped, 

 e'. Upper parts pale butHsh 



brown; underparts white. . (dhkans, ■^. I'MS. 

 f^. Upper parts earthy brown; 



underparts brownish white laijardi, p. 399. 

 (f. Terminal third of outside web 

 of outside tail-feathers 

 nearly black". Dark part of 

 expanded tail T-shaped. 

 </■*. Upper parts sometimes sandy 

 brown, sometimes dull 



^^■'^"^'i isabellina, p. 399. 



hK Upper parts dark bro^\n, 

 paler on the margin of each 

 feather bottce, p. 401. 



1. Saxicola lugubris. 



Saxicola lugubris, Rirpp. Neue Wirb. Viig. p. 77, pi. 28. fi<r l (drc 

 18:15); .^. %.^ L>6,;-.. p..58(184o); Gr.,;/,G^^^^ 

 Cab. Mm. m,n.i. p. 10 (18o0) ; m„ffl. Sf/.'^t. Uebers. p. 2(3 18-56) • 

 Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 225. no. 321o (1869) ; H,-m:l. Orn \ O- 

 Afr 1. p. 3.54 ( 1869) ; Blanf. ^- hresscr, P. Z. S. 1874 p 9:h 



Saxicola leucuroides, Guer. Btv. Zonl. 184.3, p. 162; Gmr etLafrem 

 J^rr.ei Gal J oif. en Abi/ss. iii. p. 218, At/as, Zool. pi. xi. 08471- 



Saxicola brehmii, 6'a/vad. Att. Ac. Tor. v. p. .508 (1870^ 

 Adult male in hrmUncf-plumafje. General colour black • forehead 

 crown, and nape grey with obscure dark centres to eac'h feather ;' 

 quills dark brown, slightly paler on the under surface ; rump upper 

 and under tail-coverts and the tips of the feathers round the ient 

 buft ; basal third ot two centre tail-feathers and basal two thirds 

 ot the others white, more or less sufiuscd with buff. Bill, legs, feet, 



