370 TritBiD-s. 



slightly darker on he breast and flanks. There appears to be no 

 seasonal chaiii/e in the plumage of this species. Males of the ifear 

 have the black parts browner, with narrow pale edges to the feathers, 

 and the white parts are more or less suffused with buff. Toan;/ in 

 first pliimaije appear to be unknown. 



The Hooded Chat is found in Egypt, Nubia, Palestine, and Balu- 

 chistan. It is said to be resident. 



R. B. Shai-pe, Esq. 

 b. 2 ad. .sk. Wadi el Arabi^Nubia. Ur. Leith Adams [P.]. 



Canon Tn.<tram [C.]. 

 W. T. Blauford, Esq. [C.]. 



W. T. Blanford, Esq. [C.]. 



6. Saxicola lugens. 



Saxicola lugens, Liclit. Verz. Donhl. p. .33 (182.3) ; Riipp. Neue TVirh., 

 Voq. p. 79 (1835) ; id. Syst. Uebers. p. 58 (1845) ; Gray, Gen. B. 

 i. p. 179 (1840) ; BiJ. Consp. i. p. .303 (i8.o0) ; Heuql. Sijst. Uebers. 

 p. 20 (1856) ; Locke. Erpl. Sci. Alr/er., Oi's.i. p. 207 (1867) ; Tris- 

 ira?)t. Ibis, 1807, p. ^o ; Ileiir/l. Orn. X.O.-Afr. p. 351 (1869); Grai/, 

 Hand-l. B. i. p. 224. no. 3210 (1869) ; Shelleij, B. Egypt, p. 77 



Saxicola erytlu-sea, Ilempr. et Ehr. Symb. Phys. Aves. fol. cc (183.3) ; 



Dresser ^- Blaiiforcl, Ibis, 1874, p. .341 ; Blanford S; Dresser, P. Z. S. 



1874, p. 222 (j)artim) ; Dresser, B. Eur. pt. xxv. (IS7 4:, jjartim) ; 



J. II. Gurney.jun., Ibis, 1875, p. 140. 

 Saxicola halopliila, Tristram, Ibis, 1859, pp. 59, 301 ; id. Ibis, 1807, 



p. 95. 

 Saxicola homocbroa, Tristram, apud J. II. Gurney, fun., Ibis, 1871, 



p. 81. 

 Sa.xicola leucomela (Pall.), aptid Hume, Stray Feath. 1873, p. 185; 



apud Blanf. i^- Dress. P. Z. S. 1874, p. 225 ; 'apud Dresser, B. Eur. 



pt. xxvii. (1874). 



Bill of Saxicola lugens. 



Adult male in breedinrj-plumaf/e. Head, najje, and hind neck 

 white, more or less suffused with grey : lores, chin, throat, ear- 

 coverts, sides of neck, scapulars, back, wing-coverts, axillaries, and 

 under wing-coverts black : rump, npper tail-coverts, breast, flanks, 

 and belly white ; nnder tail-coverts buff : tail white, the two central 

 feathers black for the terminal half, and the remainder tipped with 

 black from a quarter to half an inch ; quills dark brown, slightly 

 paler on the under surface : basal half of primaries and basal three 

 fourths of secondaries white on inner web to the shaft. Bill, legs, 

 feet, and claws black. "Wings with the third and fourth primaries 



