11. 8AXIC0LA. 399 



Winch takes place iii December, the quiUs and tail-feathers are 

 sJigW y darker m colour aud have white tips. Birds of the mar 

 piobably do not differ from adults. Young in first pLnag/ ^re 

 described by Andersson as having the upper parts and the breast 

 mottled with brown. 



The Pale Chat has only been found in Damara Land, near the 

 sea-coast, where it is supposed to be a resident. 



". $ ad. sk. O.wop J)amara Land, Xov. C. J.Andersson, Esq. [C.]. 



b. 2 ad. sk. Oosop, ■ Nov. 27, 18GG R. B. Sharpe, Esq. 



{f~- J. Andersson). 



c. d ad. sk. I^'i^viep Swakop rivor, K. B. Sharpe, Esq. 

 , n , , Dec. 27,18(50 Caj;^.)- 



d. S ad. sk. The Reeds, Swakop river, R. B. Sharpe, Esq. 



ApriH4,186.-HC'.j:^). ^ ' ^ 



e. ¥ ad. sk. Ilykomkap, Dec. 3, 18G0 R. B. Sharpe, Esq. 



( t. J. A.). ^ 



30. Saxicola layardi, (Plate XVIII.) 



^'p!To4 (TS?)' ^^"'^'•^' "^""^ ^'"'"'^' ^'"'^"'''' ^- ^«'«- ^«"^^. 



Saxicola ?, i?/^,/. c^r 7);vs.se;-, P. Z. .S". 1874, p •:>:38 



baxicola layardi, ,S7,«;y;f, «/. Laijard's B. S. ^/v'. p. 2.36 (1876). 

 General colour of the upper parts earthy brown, slightly tino-ed 

 with bufF on the rump ; lores and ear-coverts scarce v darker • traces 

 of a paler eye-stripe; wings and wing-coverts brown, the wTn'! 

 covers and secondaries with narrow pale margins ; upper tafl- 

 co^-erts white; tail white, the terminal half of^he two centre 

 Slt'tair"".' f' '™"" tips becoming shorter towards the outs d 



the tail and disappearing altogether on the outside web of the 

 outside feathers, the white of the tail slightly suffused with buff where 



1 joins the terminal dark bands. Underparts brownish wWte! 



cmeits. Lill, legs feet, and claws black. Wing with the third 

 and fourth primaries nearly equal and longest, second primary 

 intermediatem length between the fifth and sixth bastard ? • ma^ 



' l^lVr-h"^'^ ' V"^ ^-^ t° ^ '^ ^^'^^'^ tail 2-06 to 2-05,^uS 

 0-/ to O-bS, tarsus 1-12 to 1-11. -'j i^umien 



.HWW n''.^'"'''''' ""^ ^"^ difference in plumage which may be 

 attributable to age, se.v, or s,-ason. - 



unknown' ^^""^ "^^^^it« South Africa, but the precise locality is 



a. Ad. sk. Suuth Africa 



b. Ad. tk. South Africa 



Sir A. Smith fC.]. 

 (Type of Saxicola bar otca^ Smith ) 

 R. B. Sharpe, Esq. 

 (Tyj: e of Saxicola layardi, Sharpe.) 



31. Saxicola isabelliaa. 



Motarilla strapazina, Fall. Znogr. Bosso-AsmL i. p. 474 ClSll .,- 

 H Maghhy, nee .Mutacilla stapazina, Lim.). ^ ^ ' '•" 



