372 TrR-DTDiE. 



3-45 inches (female 3-4), tail 2-5 to 2-3, culmen 0-8 to 0-7o, tarsus 

 l-(lo to 0-!)5. 



Adult female bihreedinfi-plunuuje. Rump, tail, and tail-coverts, 

 both ni>per and under, as in the male, except that the black on the 

 tail is replaced by dark brown. The rest of the upper parts are 

 darkish brown, and the rest of the underparts are jiale brown, with 

 traces of darker centres to some of the feathers of the breast, which 

 may be the remains of immature plumage. The basal portions of 

 the inner margin of the quills are nearly white. Birds of the year 

 and j/otOKj in first plumage are unknown. 



Botta's Chat breeds in Seunaar, North-east Africa, where it is 

 supposed to be a resident. 



The British Museum does not possess an example of this species. 

 The types from which the above descriptions are taken are in the 

 Museum of the Jardin des Plantes in Paris, and were collected by 

 M. Botta in 1839. An adult male from the same collection is in my 

 possession, for which I am indebted to the kindness of Prof. Alphouse 

 Milne-Edwards. 



8. Saxicola persica. 



Saxicola leucomela {Pall.), apud Filippi, Viagy. Pers. p. 347 (1865), 

 apud Plaiif. ^ Dresser, P. Z. S. 1874, p. 225 (partim), apud DresscT, 

 B. Eur. pt. xxvii. (1874,^ar^»H), apudBlanf^East. Pers. ii. p. 152 

 (1876). 



Saxicola monacha, Piipp. apnd Severtz. Turkest. JezJo^H. p.65 (1873), 

 apud Dresser, Ibis, 1875, p. 33G (conf. Severtz. iStr. Feath. 1875, 

 p. 429). 



This species differs from the two preceding ones in having the 

 inner margin of the quills only iiarrowly edged with white. Length 

 of wing 3-71 inches ; tail 2-6 ; culmen 0-68 ; tarsus I'O. Wing- 

 formula the same as in S. htf/ens.' 



a. c? ad. sk. Shiraz, Persia, 600 ft., June W. T. Blanford, Esq. [C.]. 

 13, 1869. 



9, Saxicola morio *. 



Motacilla pleschanka, Lepech. Nov. Com. Petr. xix. p. 503, pi. xxiv. 



tig. 2 (1770). 

 Motacilla leucomela, Pallas, Nor. Com. Petr. xiv. p. 684, pi. xxii. 



fig. 3 (1770) ; Gmel. Syst. Nat. i. p. 974 (1788) ; Pallas, Zoogr. 



Rosso-Asiat. i. p. 479 (1811, descr. mal.). 

 Muscicapa leucomela (Pall.), Lath. Ind. Orn. ii. p. 469 (1790). 

 Sylvia leucomela (Pall.), Temm. Man. d'Orn. p. 138 (1815). 

 CEnanthe pleschanka (Lepech.), Vitill. N. Diet. d'Hist. Nat. xxi. 



p. 423 (1818J. 

 Saxicola leucomela (Pall.), Temm. Man. d'Orn. i. p. 243 (1820); 



Me^/er, Taschenh.' Zus. u. Per. p. 100(1822); Temm. PL 



Col. no. 257. fig. 3 (1824) ; Gould, B. Eur. ii. pi. 89(1837) : Keys. 



u. Bias. Wirb. Eur. pp. Ix, 193 (1840) ; Nordtn. in Demid. Voy. 



Puss, merid. iii. p. 131 (1840) ; Gray, Gen. B. i. p. 178 (1846) ; 



* Since the name of Sa.ticola morio ha.s only been misapplied by Blanford 

 and Dresser, and possibly by SevertzoflT, it seems better to retain it rather than 

 to adopt the unknown name of Saxicola pleschanka, which would stand 

 accoi-iling to the British-Association rules. 



