338 Messrs. Dresser and Blanford on 



BucEROs ERYTHRORHYNCHUs, var. LEUCOPAREUS, Ehr. fol. aa. 

 The type^ No. 15618, measures culmen 3*5 inch, wing 7*0, 

 tail 8-2, tarsus 1*55. It is marked as having been obtained 

 in Abyssinia. Another specimen of B. erythrorhynchus 

 (No. 26), collected in Arabia by Hemprich and Ehrenberg, 

 is labelled B. melanoleucus, Licht. 



BucEROS HEMiLEUcus, Ehr. fol. aa, is, we consider, nothing 

 but the female of B. forskalii. The type (No. 20) is from 

 Abyssinia, and measures, culmen 3*8 inches, wing 8*75, tail 

 7*8, tarsus 1'65. 



BucEROs HEMPRicHii, Ehr.fol. aa, — Buceroslimbatus, Riipp., 

 Gray, Hand-list, no. 7899, Ehrenberg^s name having priority 

 (cf. Blanf. Geol. & Zool. Abyss, p. 326). The type is from 

 Abyssinia, and is also labelled B. semirufus, Licht. 



TuRDUs Musicus, var. planiceps, Ehr. fol. aa, does not dif- 

 fer from the ordinary form of Turdus musicus. 



Saxicola monacha, Riipp. fol. aa. All the specimens col- 

 lected by Hemprich and Ehrenberg are labelled L. gracilis, 

 Licht. 



Saxicola xanthomel^na, Ehr. fol. aa, is the eastern form 

 of Saxicola rufa, and stands as Saxicola melanoleuca. There 

 are two specimens from Nubia, both of which are labelled S. 

 albicilla, v. Miill. This species is figured by Dresser in part xxv. 

 of the ' Birds of Europe.' 



Saxicola morio, Ehr. fol. aa, is a good species, being the 

 eastern form of Saxicola leucomela, differing in having the 

 under surface of the wing black and the crissum white. 

 The specimens are from Upper Egypt and Arabia. 



Saxicola hemprichii, Ehr. fol. aa, differs from Pratin- 

 cola rubicola in having more white on the tail ; but this cha- 

 racter is extremely variable, as in some specimens it extends 

 from the base to within one third of the end of the tail, 

 whereas in others it is barely visible. 



Saxicola aurita, var. libyca, Ehr. fol. aa, — Saxicola sta- 

 pazina, L. [S. aurita auctt.)^. There are two specimens — a 



* \_Cf. antea, p. 302, where this view is demurred to. — Ed.] 



