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BIEDS OF EGYPT. 



to the adult male in summer, excepting that the wings and 

 tail are browner. 



Entire length 5'7 inches ; culmen 0"5 ; wing, carpus to 

 tip, 3'5 ; tarsus 0'9. 



15. Saxicola XANTHOMELiENA, Hcmpr. & Ehr. 



This species is very closely allied to S. eurymelana, but is 

 of rare occurrence in Egypt and Nubia. Mr. E. C. Taylor 

 obtained the only specimen I know of from Egypt, and has 

 kindly lent it to me for my description. 



Very similar to S. curymelcBna. The beak and legs are 

 rather stouter, and its plumage differs in the following manner : 

 no black feathers in front of the forehead ; top of the head and 

 nape clear ferruginous buff ; back white ; a broad uninter- 

 rupted brown end to the tail ; the black on the throat extends 

 on each side and joins the scapulars. 



Entire length 6 inches; culmen 0"55 ; wing, carpus to 

 tip, 3'3 ; tarsus 1. • 



Dr. Otto Einsch says (Tr. Z. S. vii. p, 323) that Saxicola 



' fnschi, von Heugl., from Egypt, is nothing but the present 



species, as he has been informed by Herr von Pelzeln, who 



has examined the typical specimens from the desert of Sakkara 



in the Vienna Museum. 



16. Saxicola deserti, Riipp. Desert Chat. 



This Chat is abundant in Egypt and Nubia, where it 

 remains throughout the year, and may usually be met Avith 

 along the embankments or on the confines of the desert. 



