450 Capt. R. C. Beavan on various Indian Birds. 



Length. Wing. Tail. Tarsus. Bill. Gape. Spread foot. Extent. 



Nov. 13. c? 6-5625 3-5625 2-625 1 -437 -75 1-125 10-75 



„ 14.^6-375 3-625 2-3125 1-0625-5 -8125 1-1875 11-25 



„ 14. $6-3125 3-5 2-625 1 -5 -8125 1-3125 10-75 



The second male has some black on the forehead mixed with 

 the grey : both it and the female were shot at Lallroo, eight 

 miles north-west of Umballah, and were the only two of this spe- 

 cies seen that day, although S. oenanthe and S. deserti were not 

 uncommon. The female of this species approximates in colouring 

 to that of S. jncata, and may be thus described. General colour 

 above dark ashy-grey, darker on wings and tail, with slightly rufous 

 edgings to scapulars and tertials. The tail as in the male — that is, 

 with dark ends to the middle pair of feathers for 1-625, and on 

 the rest for about -75. As in the male, the rump and upper tail- 

 coverts are pure white, the throat, neck, and breast are grey, 

 lighter than the back, and with a tinge of fulvous on ear-coverts, 

 chin, and lower breast. Abdomen white ; under tail-coverts, as 

 in the male, slightly fulvous. Irides dark brown in both sexes. 

 Bill and legs black. According to Mr. Gould, this bird differs 

 from Motacilla leucomela of Pallas, the head of which is almost 

 pure white instead of grey, and which wants the buff colouring 

 on the under tail-coverts {Cf. supra, p. 15). 



491. Saxicola cenanthe. Wheatear. 



All the specimens of this species procured in the cold weather 

 of 1866, both at Umballah and at Morar (Gwalior), were in the 

 dull-coloured winter plumage. 



Length. Wing. Tail. Tarsus. Bill. Gape. Spread foot. Extent. 



Oct. 24.* 6-5 3-75 2-375 1-1875 -625 -9375 1-125 11 



Nov. 10.* 6-625 3-75 2-125 1-1875 -625 -95 1-375 11-75 



Dect 6-875 3-75 2-125 M25 .. .. 1*375 11-75 



This last specimen has the bill deformed, both mandibles 

 being unusually elongated and crossed near their tips. A com- 

 mon species, both at Umballah and Morar, in the cold weather 

 only. 



* Umballah specimens. t Morar specimen. 



