390 



23. Saxicola galtoni. 



Saxicola sperata (Lath.), ajmd Gray, Gen. B. i. p. 170 (1848) ; apud 



Bp. Consp. i. p. 304 (1860); «;;«rf Layardj B. S. Aft: p. 107 



(1867) ; apud Sharpe, Cat. Afr. B. p. 27 (1871). 

 Erythropygia galtoni, StricJd. Jard. Confr. Orn. 18o-2, p. 147. 

 Euticilla nov. sp. ?, Bocage, Jorn. Sc. Math. Lisbon, i. p. 13G (1867). 

 Ruticilla (Saxicola) familiaris {Steph.), apud Blanf. Ann. Nat. Hist. 



1869, iv. p. 329. 

 Aedon sperata (Gntel), Gray, IIand-1. B. i. p. 211. no. 2985 (1869). 

 Aedon galtoni (SfricM.), Gray, Haml-l. B.i. p. 211. no. 2986 (1869). 

 Saxicola galtoni (StricJd. i§- Sdater), Blanf. iS* Dresser, P. Z. S. 1874, 



p. 237 ; S/iarpe, ed. LnyariTs B. S. Afr. p. 234 (1876) ; Bocage, 



Jown. Sc. Math. Lisbon, vi. p. 274 (1878). 

 Saxicola familiaiis, Steph. apud Sharps, Cat. Afr. B. p. 27 (1871) ; 



ajmd Gurney, Anderss. B. Dam. Land, p. 103 (1872). 



Adult male in hreeding-plumage. General colour of the upper 

 parts brown ; lores dark brown ; ear-coverts russet-brown ; wings 

 brown, the wing-coverts and innermost secondaries narrowly mar- 

 gined with pale brown ; rump and upper tail-coverts chestnut : two 

 centre tail-feathers dark brown, with chestnut bases less than one 

 third of the entii-e length, the remainder chestnut, with brown 

 tips about a quarter of an inch in extent. Underparts, including 

 the axillarics, under wing-coverts, and inner margin of quills, are 

 almost uniform pale huffish brown. Eill, legs, feet, and claws 

 black. Wing with the third, fourth, and fifth primaries nearly 

 equal and longest, second primary about equal to the seventh, 

 bastard primary 0-9 to 0-85 inch. Length of wing 3-65 to 3-15 

 inches, tail 2-65 to 2-35, culmen 0-7 to U-68, tarsus 1-01 to 0-9-4. 



In the female the lores are coloured like the crown, otherwise the 

 j)lumage resembles that of the male. After the autumn moult the 

 pale edges to the wing- coverts and secondaries are somewhat 

 broader. Birds of the year are supposed to be similar to adults. 

 Young in first plumage have pale centres and dark tips to most of 

 the small feathers. 



The Familiar Chat appears to be a resident in Benguela, Damara 

 Land, Xamaqua Laud, Natal, the Transvaal, and the Cape Colony. 



a. (^ ad. sk. South Africa. 



b. Ad. sk. South Africa (E. L. Layard). E. B. Sharpe, Esq. 



c. Ad. sk. Cape Town, April 24, 1866 R. B. Sharpe, Esq. 



(C. J. Andersson). 

 r?. Ad., e. Juv. sk. Cape Town, Nov. 18G5 (C. j; R. B. Sharpe, Esq. 

 Andersson). 



f. S ad. sk. Elands Post ( T. C. Atmore). R. B. Sharpe, Esq. 



g. 5 ad. sk. Aamhoup, Great Namaqua R. B. Sharpe, Esq. 



Land, July 4, 1861 (C. J. A.). 

 h, i. (^ ,7c. 2 ad.sk. Swakop river, Damara Land R. B. Sharpe, Esq. 



(CJ.A.). 

 I. c? ad. .sk. Ladysmith (F. Gates). C. G. and F. Gates, 



Esqrs. [P.]. 

 m. (S ad. sk. luvali, Oct. 2. C. G. and F. Gates, 



Esqrs. [P.]. 



