144 sylviad^. 



Saxicola opistholeuca, StrickL; Jard. Gontr. Orn. 1849, p. 60; 

 Bhjth, Cat. B. Mus. A. 8.^. 167; Graij, Handlist B. i. p. 226; Blanf. 

 and Dresser, P. Z. S. 1874, p. 229; Seehohm. Cat. B. Br. Mus. vol. v. 

 p. 376. Saxicola leucura, Gmel. apud. Blyth, J. A. 8. B. xvi. p. 131. 

 Saxicola leucoroides, Guer. apud. Jerd. B. hid. p. 130. Saxicola 

 syenitica, Heugl. apud. Severtz. T^irhest. Jevotn. p. 65. Saxicola 

 leucopyga (Brehm?) Dresser, Ibis. 1875, p. 337; 8tr. i^. vol. viii. p. 

 473 ; Murray, HdbJc, Zuol., ^^c, Sind, p. 146. — The Indian White- 

 tailed Stone Chat, 



Entire head, neck, back, throat, breast, belly, wings, and under wing- 

 coverts black ; quills dark brown ; rump, upper and under tail- 

 coverts, vent and tail, white ; the terminal half or a little more of the 

 two central feathers of the tail, and the tips of others from a quarter 

 to half an inch deep, " dark brown ; bill and legs black ; irides dark 

 brown. 



Length. — 6-5 inches, wing 3*75, tail 2'75, bill at front 0'68. Female, 

 length 6-5, wing 3-52, tail 2-6, tarsus 0-95 to 0-99. 



Hah. — Sind, Punjab, (at Mooltan and Cheechawutnee), N. W. 

 Provinces, Beloochistan, (Quetta, May 21st), Afghanistan (Chaman), 

 and S. W. Turkistan. Occurs also in Jodhpore, and probably in 

 Kutch and Kattiawar. 



Saxicola deserti, Tern. PI. Col. pi. 359, fig. 2 ; Rupp. Syst. TJebers. 

 p. 58; Gray, Gen. B. i. p. 179 ; Bp. Gonsp. i. p. 303; Jerd. B. Ind. ii. 

 p. 132, No. 492; Blf. Geol. and Zool. Abyssinia, p. 362 ; 8helley, Birds 

 EgHV^y P- 74 ; Blf. East. Pers. ii. p. 148 ; 8eebohm, Cat. B. Br. Mus. vol. v. 

 p. 383. Saxicola atrigularis, Blyth, J. A. 8. B. xvi. p. 131 ; Gould. B, 

 of Asia, pt. xvii. Saxicola homochroa, Tristram, Ibis. 1859, p. 59; 

 Heugl. N. 0. Afr.B. i. p. 343; 8helley, B. Egypt, p. 75.— The Black- 

 throated Wheatear. 



Top of head, neck, back, scapulars, breast and belly buff; upper and 

 under tail-coverts very pale buff; chin, throat, lores, behind the 

 eye, and terminal half of the tail black ; the two central feathers of the 

 tail with the black for nearly a quarter of an inch higher from the base 

 than the others ; basal half of tail feathers and a supercilium from the 

 base of the bill to the nape, white; wings and wing-coverts dark 

 brown, the secondaries margined on the oater webs with buff; tertiaries 

 lighter, broadly margined and narrowly tipped with buffy, the basal 

 half of inner webs of all mai-gined with white; axillaries and under 

 wing-coverts black, some of the feathers white tipped ; bill and legs 

 black; irides hazel. 



Length. — 6' 75 to 7 inches, wing 3*9 to 4, tail 2*75, tarsus 1 to 1*1, 

 bill at front 0-5. 



Hab. — Sind, Punjab, N. W. Provinces, Beloochistan, S. E. Persia, 

 Afghanistan, E. Turkistan, Arabia, Egypt, Palestine, Nubia. Occurs 

 also in Central India, Deccan, Concan, Kutch, Kattiawar, Jodhpore and 

 North Guzerat. 



