BIRDS OP EGYPT. 



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that species, as the following 



tify:- 



S. pJiilotTiamna. 

 Top of the head and nape white, 



shaded on the erown with 



dusky. 

 Back dusky black, shaded with 



grey. 

 Kump and upper tail-coverts white 



shaded with pale rufous. 

 Basal half of the tail bright 



rufous. 



Under tail-coverts buif. 



tabular comparison will tes- 



S. en/ilii-opye/ia. 



Top of the head and nape the 



same colour as the back. 



Back ashy-brown. 



Rump and upper tail-coverts bright 



rufous. 

 Basal two thirds of the tail white, 



tinted with rufous at its 



junction with the brown end. 

 Under tail-coverts bright rufous, 



paler than those above the 



tail. 



The specimen described is ticketed by Mr. J. K. Lord, 

 who procured it at Hor Tamanib, in Nubia, a female ; but 

 I think it is really a male ; and Mr. Taylor's specimen is pos- 

 sibly an adult female about to lose its winter plumage. 



19. Saxicola lugens, Licht. Mourning Chat. 



This Chat is a resident in Egypt and Nubia throughout 

 the year; but its numbers are increased during the winter 

 months. Mr. E. C. Taylor writes (Ibis, 1867, p. 60), "This 

 is the most abundant of all the Chats near Cairo in the 

 winter." 



Top of the head and nape pale dusky, inclining more or less 

 to white towards the beak, on the eyebrows, and on the nape ; 

 rump, upper tail-coverts, chest and abdomen white ; vent and 

 under tail-coverts buff; tail white, except a broad band at 

 the tip and the greater part of the two centre feathers, which 



