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buffish white below ; tail brownish. Differs from the mourning 

 chat in having more black on the throat (in the male) and has 

 shorter legs. 



21. Heuglin's Chat. Saxicola leucura syenitica Heiiglin. 



Saxicola syenitica. Shelley, p. 80. 

 , The type of this wheatear was collected by Heuglin at 

 El Kab in Upper Egypt in June 1852. I know of no other 

 records of this bird from Egypt, though it is found in Tripoli 

 and South Algeria. 



Length about 7 inches. Similar to the next species, but 

 not so glossy black, more brownish, and the tail feathers are 

 all tipped with brownish black. 



22. White-rumped Black Chat. Saxicola leucopyga Brehm. 



Plate 9. 

 Saxicola leucopyga. Shelley, p. 79. 

 Common in rocky deserts. Resident. 

 Length about 7|- inches. Entire plumage, with exception 

 of most of tail and rump and vent, glossy black ; rest white. 

 Some examples have a white crown. Sexes alike. . 



23. Eastern Pied Chat. Saxicola morio Hemprich and Ehren- 



berg. Plate 10, 

 Saxicola leucomela. Shelley, p. 78. 



Although recorded by Hemprich and Ehrenberg and by Von 

 Heuglin from Egypt, the only example I have seen from this 

 country is an adult male shot at Abu Za'bal, Qalyubiya, on 

 November 5, 1917, and now in the Giza Museum. 



Male adult in winter, length about 6|- inches. Throat, 

 back, wings, central tail feathers and tips of the other tail feathers 

 black ; crown of head sooty, with buff bases to the feathers ; 

 base of tail and rump white ; breast and underparts rufous buff. 

 Female duller and less strongly marked with black. In breeding 

 plumage the buff disappears. 



24. Hemprich and Ehrenberg*s Wheatear. Saxicola xan- 



throprymna Hemprich and Ehrenberg. • 

 Saxicola nioesta. Shelley, p. 76. 

 This rare wheatear has been obtained in Egypt. There 

 are three examples in the British Museum. 



Length 6 inches. Forehead and sides of crown whitish, 

 head and back ashy-brown ; lower part of back, rump and upper 



