DESERT WHEATEAR. Saxicola deserti. 



Accidental winter visitor; three records (Sterling, Yorkshire, Forfar). 

 Resident in North Africa, Arabia, and Persia. Summer visitor to 

 Russian Turkestan and the Pamir, wintering in Baluchistan, Sind, and 

 North-west India. 



BLACK-THROATED CHAT. Saxicola stapazina. 



Accidental visitor; only one British record (Lancashire, eastern form). 

 Breeds in South Europe, Asia Minor, and Persia, wintering in tropical 

 Africa. Eastern examples have more black on the throat than western 

 ones. 



ISABELLINE CHAT. Saxicola isabeUina. 



Accidental visitor; only one British record (Cumberland). Summer 

 visitor to South Russia, Asia Minor, Turkestan, Dauria, and Mongolia ; 

 wintering in North-west India, North China, and North-east Africa, many 

 remaining to breed on the mountains near its winter- quarters. 



WHINCHAT. Pratincola rubetra. 



Common summer visitor ; rare in Scotland, very rare in Ireland. Sum- 

 mer visitor to Europe south of the Arctic Circle and Asia Minor, wintering 

 in Africa north of the Equator. 



STONECHAT. Pratincola rubicola. 



Common resident. Resident in South Europe and Asia Minor. Sum- 

 mer visitor to Central Europe. Winter visitor to North Africa aud 

 Palestine. East of the Volga represented by a very close ally. 



HEDQE-SPARROW. Accentor modularis. 



Common resident. Summer visitor to subarctic Europe ; resident 

 in Central Europe ; winter visitor to South Europe, Asia Minor, and 

 Palestine, occasionally wandering as far as North Africa. 



