412 Mr. E. Lort Pliillips on Birds 



(j3. Ruticilla semirufa (H. & E.) ; Sccbohm, Cat. B. 

 Brit. Mus. V. p. 344. 



R. phosnicurus (nee L.)j Lort Phillips, Ibis, 181)Gj p. 80, 

 No. 91. Sheikh, Jan. 31, 1897. Iris black. 



No. 176. c?. Wagga, Feb. 23, „ „ „ 



The bird recorded by me in my previous paper as the 

 Common Redstart turns out to be R. semirnfu, Ur. Sharpe 

 having made a mistake in the determination of the specimen, 

 which Avas in rather poor condition. Besides the differences of 

 the under wing-coverts and the colour of the back mentioned 

 by Seebohm (Cat. B. v. p. 335), there seems to be mnch less 

 white on the forehead in R. semirufa, the black on the throat 

 extends over the chest, and the chestnut on the rump and 

 on the under surface of the body is deeper in tint. These 

 differences are very appreciable when a series of the two 

 species is compared. This appears to be the Commou Red- 

 start of the Goolis range, where it breeds in February and 

 March, tlie nesting -pi aces and the colour of the eggs bciug 

 the same as those of R. phoinicurus. 



64. Saxicola iSABELLiNA (Rilpp.) ; Lort Phillips, Ibis, 

 1896, p. 80. 



Berbera Plain, Jan. 1 7, 1897. Irisdark brown. 

 ,, ,, J an, lo, ,, ,, ,, 



,, ,, Jan. 1 J, ,, ,, ,, 



Toil '>! 



,, ,, l> till. (Wj., ,, ,, ,, 



Goolisfoot-hills, Mar. 15, 1897 „ ,, 



This Chat was very plentiful on the burning Gooban, or 

 Maritime Plain, which locality it seemed to prefer to the 

 cooler upland plateau. 



65. Saxicola PHiLLiPsi Shelley ; Lort Phillips, Ibis, 1896, 

 p. 79. 



No. 78. ?. Slieikh, Jan. 30, 1897. Iris black. 



No. 104. „ Feb. 2, „ „ „ 



No. 192. ? . Wagga, Feb. 27, „ „ „ 



No. 202. c?. „ Mar. 1, „ „ „ 



No. 293. S ■ Goolis foot-hills. Mar. 23. „ „ „ 



