374 TrRPin-E. 



Birdu of the i/ear resemble adults after the autumn moult, l)ut 

 have broader pale edges and tips to the quills and tail-feathers. 

 YotoK/ in first phimage have the same characters, but have dark 

 terminal bars and pale centres to the feathers of the back and breast. 



The Siberian Pied Chat breeds in Cyprus, the Crimea, the Cau- 

 casus, the lower viillc)- of the Tolga, Persia, Afghanistan, Turkestan, 

 Western Thibet, ilongolia, South-eastern Siberia, and Xorth-west 

 China. It has been found on migration in Palestine and Egypt, and 

 winters in Abyssinia and Arabia, and probably in South-Avest China. 

 Its occurrence in Algeria requires verification. 



a. c? ad. sk. Caspian. Purchased. 



h. (S ad. sk. Saisau, Central Asia, Dr. O. Fiusch [C.]. 



May 30, 1876. 

 c, d. 6,f- 2 Koshtak, Yarkand, Sept. Dr. G. Henderson [C.]. 



ad. sk. 10, 1870. (Types of .5'. hemJersoni, Hume.) 



/. (S ad. sk. Mohammei-ah. ' K. Loftus, Esq. [P.]. 



fj. $ ad. sk. KavravguddT. Abyssinia, W. T. Blanford, Esq. [C.]. 



Fek 22, 1868. 

 /(. <S ad. sk. Senafe, Tigre, Feb. 28, AV. T. Blanford, Esq. [C.]. 



1868. 

 i, k. <S ? ad. sk. Senafe, Tigre, Mai-ch W. T. Blanford, Esq. [C.]. 



1868. 

 /. c5' ad. sk. Adigrat, Tigre, March A^'. T. Blanford, Esq. [C.]. 



.•JO, 1868. 

 m. 2 ad. sk. Halai, Tigre, March 2, W. T. Blanford, Esq. [C.]. 



1868. 

 n, o. $ ad. sk. Kashgar (Dr. Belleir). India Museum. 



p. <S ad. sk. Gilgit, Cashmeie, May Dr. J. Scully [P.]. 



2, 1879. 

 q. $ ud. sk. Gilgit, Cashmere, Oct. Dr. J. Scullv [P.]. 



22, 1879. 



10. Saxicola leucopyga. 



Saxicola leucuia, Gmel. apud Lkht. I'erz. Boiibl. p. .32 (182-3) ; apud 



Hempr. et Ehr. Symb. Phys. Aves, fols. aa, cc, dd (18.3-3) ; apud 



mipp. Xeiiv With., Voff. p. 79 (1835); aptid liiipp. Sysf. Uehers. 



p. 58 (1845) ; aprtd Heuyl. Syst. Uehers. p. 26 (1856). 

 Dromolsea cursoria ( Vieill.), apud B2). Consp. i. p. 302 (1850) ; apud 



Cab. Mm. Hein. i. p. 9 (1850). 

 A'itiflora leucopygia, Brelm, Vogelfang, p. 225 (1855). 

 Vititlora leucvu-os, Brehm, Vogelfany, p. 225 (IShb, partim). 

 Lucotoa leucopyga, Brehm, Paul v. IViirtt. fide Brehm, Vvyelfang, 



p. 225 (1855/. 

 Saxicola cachinnans, Ttmm. apud Brehm, Journ. Orn. 1856, p. 395; 



apud Hengl. Journ. Orn. 1865, p. 44. 

 Dromoleea (Lutucoa) leucocephala, Brehm, Journ. Orn. 1858, 



p. 62. 

 Dromolfea (Lutucoa) leucopygaia, Paul de Wiirfi. fide Brehm, 



Journ. Orn. 1858, p. 66. 

 Dromolcca leucopygia [Brehm), Tristram, Ibis, 1859, p. 297. 

 Dromolfea monacha (liiipp.), ajmd Loche, Expl. &ci. Alyer., Ois. i. 



p. 199 (1867). 

 Dromolaea nigia ( Vieill. ), apud Loche, E.rpl. Sci. Alger., Ois. i. p. 200 



(1867). 

 Saxicola leucopygia (Brehm), Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 226. no. 3253 



(1869; : Shelley, Ibis, 1871, p. 53- Shelley, B. Egypt, p. 79 (1872). 



