1917-] ^'''^ Birds of Yemen. 163 



Phcenicurus phoenicxirus phcenicunis. 



MotacUla phanicunis Liuuieus, Syst. Nat. 1758, p. 187 : 

 Sweden. 



a,b. ? c? . Menaklia, 7000 ft. 27. xii. 12, 30. i. 13. 

 c. S ' Wasil, 4000 ft. 27. ii. 1 3. 



</. ?. Hajeilali, 2080 ft. 15.ii.l3. 

 €. S- Hodeida, sea-level. 7. x. 13. 

 The last specimen in the list is freshly moulted, and the 

 blaek throat and rufous breast almost obscured by the white 

 tips to the feathers, wliich wear off later. The Redstart 

 does not appear to have been previously recorded from 

 Arabia, though wintering in Africa. 



Phcenicurus phcenicurus mesoleucus. 



Sylvia mesolenca licmprich & Ehrenberg, Symb. Phys. 

 1832, ff. ee. : Djedda ( = Jiddah). 



a-c. cJ, 2 ? . Menakha, 6000 to 8000 ft. 21. xii. 12 & 

 13-16. i. 13. 



d.<S. Hajeilah, 2080 ft. 15.iii.l3. 

 e. S- Hodeida, sea-level. 7. x. 13. 



This Redstart seems to winter in southern Arabia together 

 with the Common Redstart. It was first described from 

 Jiddah, but does not seem to have been recorded since from 

 Arabia. It breeding-range is southern Russia, Asia Minor, 

 and Persia. 



Luscinia Inscinia. 



Motacilla luscinia Linnaeus, Syst. Nat. 1758, p. 184; : 

 Sw^eden. 



Luscinia pMlomela auct. 



a. ^ . Hodeida, sea-level. 7. x. 13. 



The single example of the Sprosser obtained at Hodeida 

 is an interesting bird. It differs from all the other examples 

 in the Museum collection in the shade of brown of the back, 

 which is of a more slaty and less rufous tinge. It is also 

 much whiter below ; the throat, the lower breast, abdomen, 

 and under tail- and under wing-coverts being pure white 

 without any wash of rufous which is so marked a feature of 



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