82 BIEDS or EGYPT. 



the feathers ; rump and tail-coverts loldte ; the inner greater 

 wing-coverts pure white, the remainder of the wing dark 

 brown with pale edges to the feathers ; throat and ear-coverts 

 black ; a large white patch on each side of the neck ; breast 

 rust-colour, fading into white on the abdomen and under tail- 

 coverts ; beak and legs black ; irides brown. 



Entire length 5 inches ; culmen 0'4 ; wing, carpus to 

 tip, 2'5 ; tarsus O'Q. 



Fig. Gould, B. of Eur. pi. 94. 



26. Pratincola Hempmchii (Hempr. & Ehr.). Hemprich's 



Stone-Chat. 



Von Heuglin (Orn. N. 0. Afr. p. 339) mentions this species 

 as a probable resident in Egypt, but of rather rare occiu'rence. 



This bird may be briefly described as follows : — Very like 

 the English Stone-Chat, but always to be distinguished by 

 the basal half of the tail being white. 



27. RuTiciLLA PHCENicuRA (Linn.). Redstart. 



This bird arrives about the middle of March, when it 

 becomes plentiful both in Egypt and Nubia. A few indi- 

 viduals possibly winter in the country, for I once obtained a 

 specimen in the beginning of February. It may generally 

 be found frequenting rows of sont trees, where it chooses 

 some prominent bough ; but if alarmed, it takes refuge at 

 once among the foliage, or flits on before the intruder from 

 tree to tree, resting on some shady bough a few feet from 

 the ground. The Redstart passes southward again about 

 September. 



