402 TVKDID^. 



D'mih 4- Hartl. T 7i/. X.-O. Afr. p. 250 (1S70, $ ) ; Bhmf. Sf Dnsser, 



P. Z. 6'. 1874, p. 230, pi. xxk\-i. %• 2 ( $ ). 

 Saxicola freuata, Hem//. Joiirn. Orn. 1809, p. 1-58 ( c? ) ; Heiigl. Oi-n. 



N.O.-Afi: i. p. 345 (1809, d" ) ; Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 220. no. 3246 



(18«1, '<S \ 

 Saxicola kotschvana, Pr. Wiirt.,Jtde Hfugl. Journ. Orn. 1809, p. 153. 



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

 parts dull russet-brown ; lores nearly black ; upper parts of the ear- 

 coverts dark brown : eye-stripe white, extending only above the 

 lores ; wings and wing-coverts brown, the greater wing-coverts 

 margined with dull chestnut ; rump and upper tail-coverts white ; 

 tail white, except the terminal two thirds of the two centre feathers 

 and the terminal third of the rest, which are dark brown. Chin 

 and throat white, shading into brownish buff on the breast, slightly 

 paler on the centre of the belly and under tail-coverts ; axillaries 

 and under wing-coverts nearly white : inner margin of quills pale 

 dull buff. BUI, legs, feet, and claws black. "\\'ing with the third, 

 fourth, and fifth primaries nearly equal and longest, second primary 

 about equal to the sixth, bastard primary 09 to O'S inch. Length 

 of wing 0-92 to 3-82 inches (^female 3-5). tail 2-56 to 241, culmen 

 0-S to 0-7, tarsus l-3o to 1-29. 



It is not known that the female differs from the male, except in 

 size. After tlie autumn moult the tips of the tail-feathers are nar- 

 rowly margined with white. Birds of the gear and young in first 

 plumage appear to be unknown. 



The Abyssinian Chat appears to be confined to the highlands of 

 Abyssinia, where it is supposed to bo a resident. 



fl. c? ad. sk. Abyssinia. Purchased. 



b, c. cJad.sk. Ahyssim-A (Sir Jr.C.Harris'). India Museum. 



d. c? ad. sk. Aasollala, Shoa, 31av 1642 India Mu<euru, 



(Sir jr. C. Hanii). 



e. (J ad. St. Abvssinia. Pr. Riippell [C.]. 



f. d ad. sk. Saitora. Talanta, 10,500 W. T. Blanfoid, Esq. [C.]. 



feet, April 23, 1808. 



g. 2 ^d. sk. 2s .E. Africa ( fmeaiu). E. B. Sharpe, Esq. 



