366 TVRDID.E. 



and claws black. Wings with the third, fourth, and fifth primaries 

 nearly equal and longest, second primary slightly longer or slmrter 

 than the seventh, bastard primary 0-95 to 0-8 inch. Length of 

 wing 3-34 to 3-2 inches (females 3-1 to 3-U), tail 2-35 to 2-1, culmen 

 U-77 to 0-6.5, tarsus 0-98 to OSS. 



After the autumn moult the black parts are glossy, the dark 

 centres to the feathers on the crown very pronounced, and the tail- 

 feathers have white tips. The fcmaJe has the upper parts similar 

 to the male, except that the black is duller and browner, and the 

 head concolorous with the back. The ground-colour of the under- 

 parts is a bufhsh brown on the breast, shading into pale grey on 

 the belly and throat, and into dull buff on the under tail-coverts, 

 the feathers of the throat, breast, and flanks having dark brown 

 centres. What I suppose to be mules of the year have nearly white 

 bellies. Younr/ in first 2>h(ni age appear to be unknown. 



The Abyssinian Chat is confined to the highlands of Abyssinia, 

 where it is supposed to be a resident. 



fi. Ad. St. Abyssinia. Baron Laugier. 



b, c. (S ad. sk. Abvssinia. R. B. Shaipe, Esq. 



(I. S ad. sk. Halai, Tigre, March 3, W. T. Blanford, Esq. [C.]. 



e. 5ad.sk. Senafe.Tigre, March 12, W. T. Blanford, Esq. [C.]. 



1868. 



f, (/. cJ 2 ad. sk. Senafe, Mav 28, 1868. W. T. Blanford, Esq. [C.]. 



2. Saxicola albonigi'a. 



Saxicola albouiger, Hume, Strati Feath. i. p. 2 (1873). 

 Dromolaea alboniger {Hume), Hvme, Stray Feath. i. p. 18-5 (1873). 

 Saxicola albonipra, Hume, Blanf. 8,- Dresser, P. Z. S. 1874, p. 226 ; 

 Bhrnf. East. Persia, ii. p. 153, pi. xi. (1876j. 



Adult male in hreediiui-pl'umage. Entire head, neck, upper back, 

 throat, axillaries, and under wing-coverts black ; quills dark brown, 

 slightly paler on the under surface ; lower back, rump, upper tail- 

 coverts, breast, belly, and under tail-coverts white ; tail-fcatliers 

 white, except the terminal half of the two central feathers and the 

 terminal half inch of the others, which are dark brown. Bill, legs, 

 feet, and claws black. "Wings with the third, fourth, and fifth pri- 

 maries nearly equal and longest, second primary about equal in 

 length to the sixth, bastard primary l"0o to 0-85 inch. Length of 

 wing 4-2 to 39 inches (female 3"95 to 3'75), tail 3'0 to 2'65, culmen 

 0-87 to 0-75, tarsus 1-13 to TO. 



It is not known that the plumage of the female differs in any 

 respect from that of the male. No change takes place after the 

 autumn moidt beyond the greater brilliancy of the colours. Youiuj 

 in Jlrst i^lumage and hirds of the year are said to have the black 

 niore sooty in tinge, and to be spotted only at the tips of the wing- 

 coverts and quills. 



So far as is known, Hume's Chat is confined to South-eastern 

 Persia, Baluchistan, and Scinde, -where it appears to be a resident. 



