]2. I'RATI.NCOLA. 179 



b. Chiu and throat white, the oraug-e of the chest 



not extendinp: to the throat. 



a'. Upper tail-coveits white; head and upper 

 surface of body Wack ; primary-coverts 

 white, forming- an alar speculum msiffnis, p. 183. 



b'. Upper tail-coverts not ditl'ering from the rest 

 of the upper surface, which is brown with 

 dark centres to the feathers ; no alar spe- 

 cidum ; the primary-coverts brown ; chest 

 and sides of body pale orange-rufous horbonica, p. 183. 



f'. Lpper tail-coverts white; upper siu-face of 

 body blackish brown ; no alar speculum ; 

 chest above orange-chestnut ; sides of body 

 and rest of under surface dull white salax, p. 184 



c. Chin and throat black. 



d'. Breast orange-chestnut. 



a". Upper tail-coverts white, spotted with 

 black ; imder wing-coverts white, with 



black bases rubicola d" , p. 185. 



6". Upper tail-coverts pure white, unspotted. 

 «'". Tail with scarcely any white at the 

 base ; the white, when present, not 

 visible on spreading the tail, being 

 always hidden by the upper tail- 

 coverts. 



a*. Axillaries black maura, p. 188. 



b*. Axillaries white, with concealed black 

 bases. 

 a'. Orange chest-patch large, occupj-ing 



the whole breast and flanks.'. . . torquata, p. 190. 

 ¥. Orange chest-patch restricted to the 

 chest and upper breast, the flanks 

 and sides white like the abdomen sybilla, p. 191. 

 b'". Tail for the most part white, which is 

 easily distinguishable when the taU 

 is spread. 

 c*. Tail-feathers white on both webs for 



two thirds of their length hemprichi, p. 193. 



d*. Tail-feathers white on the inner webs 



only for nearly their entire length leucura, p. 194. 

 «'. Breast black like the throat; no orange- 

 chestnut patch on the breast. 

 c". With the sides of the neck white, forming 



a conspicuous patch albifasciata, p. 198. 



d". With no white patch on the sides of the 



neck, which are entirely black caprata, p. 195. 



1. Pratincola rubetra. 

 The Whinchat. 

 Le Grand Traquet ou Le Tarier, Briss. Oni. iii. p, 432, pi 24 



fig. 1 ; Daubent. PL Enl. vi. pi. 678. fig. 2. 

 Le Traquet du Senegal, Briss. Orn. iii. p. 441, pi. 20. fie. 3 ; Buff. 



Nat. Hist. Ois. V. p. 228. ^ m 



Motacilla rubetra, Linn. Sy,^t. Nat. i. p. .332. 

 Motacilla senegalensis, Linn. St/st. Nat. i. p. 333 ie.r Briss.). 

 Sylvia rubetra, Scop. Ann. i. p." 159 : Lath. Ind. Orn. ii. p. 525. 



