11. SAXICOLA. 383 



Birds of the year and ijmiuq in firxt j>Inmft/fi appear to bo un- 

 known. 



Tristram's Chat is a resident bii-tl in Eastern Algeria, Egviit, 

 Arabia, and Palestine. 



"' ad'"s]^' '^' ^ ''""'"■ ^- ^'''■'^''''■' -"^^l- ^*^-^- 



<»>/■ d 2 iid. sk. Algerian Sahara,. Purchased. 



(/. d ad. sk. Laghoiuit, Algeria, Nov. 18, F. Godman and 0. Salvin, 



, ISotJ (y'mC/wn). Esqrs. [P.]. 



«. d ad. sk. Near Beersheeba, Palestine. Canon Tristram [C.]. 



17. Saxicola deserti. 



^''^nS '^^'^^^^^"^ '^^^'"^■)y''P»<i LicJd. Eversm. Beis. Biwhara, p. 128 



Sa.vicola deserti, Temm. PL Col. pi. 359. fig. 2 (1825) ; liiipp. Neue 

 ^irb.,Jog. p. 79 (18.35) ; Rujip. Syst. Uebers. p. 58 (1845) ; Grau, 

 Oen. B. 1. p. 179 (1848) ; Bp. Consp. i. p. ;J03 (1850) ; Cab. Mill 

 Hem 1. p. 10 (1850); Heugl. Syd. C/>i«-s. p. .58 (1845) ; Jeril 

 B. I»d 11. p. 1.32 (18G3) ; Filippi, Viagq. Pers. p. 347 (18B5) ; 

 Loche,Expl. Sci. Alger., Ois. i. p. 208 (18G7) ; II,^w/L Orn. KO.- 

 Afr. 1. p. 352 (1869) ; Grui/, Hand-l. B. i. p. 224. no'. 3212 (1869) • 



(1872) ; Blanf. S, Dress. P Z. S. 1874, p. 224 (paHlm) ; Bressl, B 



Eur. pt XXV. (1875, parfim) ; Dresser, Ibis, 1875, p. 337 ; Blanf. 



East. Pers. u. 11. U8{lS7(l par/iiii). 

 Saxicola isabelliua, Blipp. aptid Temm. PI. Cnl. pi. 472. fio-. 1(1829) 

 Sa-xicola pallida, Biipp. Xe,w Wirb., I'og. p. 80 (1835); Gray, 



Gen. B. i. p. 179 ( 1846) ; Bp. Cmsp. i. p. .304 (1850). 

 Saxicola atrogularis, BUjth, J. A. S. Bent/, xvi. p. 131 (1847)- 



Blgth Cat.B.Mm. As. Soc. p. 167 (1849) ; Horsf. i>- Moore, Cat. 



B Mas. E.I. Co. i. p. 287 (1854) ; Gould, B. yl6/«,'pt. xvii. (1865) • 



Grag, Hand-l B. i. p. 224. no. 3211 (1869) ; Hume ^- m-nders 



.o'f /.iJ'"'^- P- -05(1873); P,-jev. Roxdeg's Orn. Misc. ii. 

 p.l83(18/(). 



Saxicola salina, Eversm. Bull. Soc. Mosc. xxiii. pt. 2, p. 567, pi viii 



'i?' ^/^i^;!?^ ' ^'■'"''-f-- Turkest. Jevotn. p. 65 (1873) ; 'Severtz. 'strau 



reath. 18/ o, p. 429. 

 Saxicola atrigularis {Blgth), Bp. Consp. i. p. 304 (1850). 

 Sa.xicola guttnralis, Liclit. Xomencl. Ac. p. 35 (1854) ; Xeui. List 



B. Eur. Blasius, p. 10 (1862) ; Grair, Hand-l. B. i. p.' 2-^5 



no. 3223 (1869). v ' ./> ^ — >. 



Saxicola homochroa, Tristram, Ibi.f, 1859, p. 59; Heugl X O -Afr 

 o,P;,""^'l^\^"'^^= r^^wA //rrnrf-/. B. i. p. 225. no. 3227 (1869);' 

 SI<elkg,B.Eggpt,^.7o{\67-2). ^ V' 



Saxicola albomarginata, Salvad. Atti Soc. Tor. p. 507 (1870). 



Adult mule in hreedinei-phimarje. General colour of the upper 

 ])arts bufF, richest on the lower bade and dullest on the head : 

 lump and upper tail-covcrts white, shading into pale buff on the 

 longest upper tail-coverts ; lores, the feathers b(>hind the eye, the 

 ear-coverts, the sides of the neck, the cheeks, the chin, and' the 

 throat black ; eye-stripes narrow, obscure white, meeting over the 

 bill and extending to the nape. Wings and wing-coverts nearly 

 black, with more or less obscure pale tips ; inncnnost secondaries 



