74 dr. j. e. t. aitchison on the zoology of 



36. Saxicola picata. 



Saxicola picata, Bl. ; Seebolim, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. v. p. 367 (1881) ; Horsf.fe Moore, Cat. B. Mus. 

 E.-I. Co. i. p. 287 (1854) ; Blanford, /. c. p. 153 ; Barnes, Str. F. ix. 1880, p. 217 ; Wardlaw-Ramsay, 

 Ibis, 1880, p. 57; C. Swinlioe, Ibis, 1882, p. 106. 



1. d. Gulran, Badghis. 12th March, 1885. 



2. ? . Tirphul, Hari-rud. 12th April, 1885. 



37. Saxicola morio. 



Saxicola morio, Hemiw. et Ehr. ; Seebohm, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. v. p. 372 (1881) ; Blauford, /. c. 

 p. 152; Wardlaw-Ramsay, Ibis, 1880, p. 55; C. Swinhoe, Ibis, 1882, p. 107; Scully, i.e. p. 82. 



Saxicola leucomela, Horsf. & Moore, Cat. B. Mus. E.-I. Co. i. p. 287 (1854) ; Severtz. t. c. p. 65 ; 

 Dresser, Ibis, 1875, p. 336. 



1. c? • Gulran, Badghis. 3rd March, 1885. 



2. c? • „ „ 8th March, 1885. 



3. c?. „ „ 11th March, 1885. 

 4,5. (?. „ „ 12th March, 1885. 



6. ? . „ „ 18th March, 1885. 



7. (^ . North of Gulraii. — March, 1885. 



8. c? • Gulran, Badghis. 1st April, 1885. 



38. Saxicola opistholeuca. 



Saxicola opistholeuca, Strickl. ; Seebohm, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. v. p. 376(1881); Blanford, /. c. 

 p. 155; Wardlaw-Ramsay, Ibis, 1880, p. 57; Scully, t.c. p. 82. 

 Saxicola syenitica, Severtz. t. c. p. 65 ; Dresser, Ibis, 1875, p. 337. 



1. c? • Gulran, Badghis. 18th March, 1885. 



[The acquisition of the above specimen brings the range of this bird nearer towards 

 Persia than heretofore known. — J. E. T. A.] 



39 & 40. Saxicola deserti. 



Saxicola deserti, Temm. ; Seebohm, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. v. p. 383 (1881) ; Wardlaw-Ramsay, Ibis, 

 1880, p. 57; C. Swinhoe, Ibis, 1882, p. 107; Blanf. t. c. p. 148; Scully, t.c. p. 82. 

 Saxicola atrogularis, Horsf. & Moore, Cat. B. Mus. E.-I. Co. i. p. 287 (1854). 

 Saxicola salina, Severtz. t.c. p. 65 ; Dresser, Ibis, 1875, p. 337. 



1. J . Tirphul, Hari-rud. 6th April, 1885. 



2. c? . Between Karez-dasht and Ser-maudel. 9th November, 1884. 



The specimen killed in November is much more rufous than the spring-killed bird. 

 The rump is pale tawny buff, which would bring the species under the heading of 

 Saxicola xanthoprymna in Mr. Seebohm's Catalogue (p. 364). The " key " given in the 

 last-named volume for the genus Saxicola will require some amplification before the 

 various plumages represented in the Hume collection can all be included. 



41. Saxicola melanoleuca. 



Saxicola melanoleuca (Giild.) ; Seebohm, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. v. p. 385 (1881) ; Blani. t.c. p. 150; 

 C. Swinhoe, Ibis, 1882, p. 107. 



