TURDIDA—CHATS. 13 
and on back shaded with pale buff ; entire chin, throat, sides 
of throat, and lower throat deep black, whereas in preceding 
species the black is confined to uppper part of throat, and is 
less developed on sides of neck; wings, terminal half of 
outer rectrices, and two-thirds of innermost pair black ; breast 
just tinged with pale buff; bill, legs and feet black. Length 
5°5 inches ; culmen 0°6 ; wing 3°5; tail 2°5; tarsus 0°85. 
Adult Female: Above darker than S.  stapazina ; 
secondaries dark brown to tips, black on throat descends 
lower down as in male. 
Young in first plumage: Similar to S. stapazina. 
Young after first moult: Very like that of preceding 
species, but shows more black on throat. 
Distribution: Summer visitant from Central Africa to 
South-eastern Europe, Asia Minor, and Northern Palestine. 
Habitat : Similar localities to preceding : at low elevations. 
DESERT CHAT. x 
Saxicola deserti /uwf/. 
Adult Male: Adove silvery-buff, shading into white on 
rump; eye stripe narrow, whit:sh ; wings dark brown, second- 
aries and some of wing-coverts margined with white ; rectrices 
white at bases, and terminal two-thirds black; chin, throat, 
and sides of neck black (in wdzfer, margined with white) ; 
rest of under parts creamy-buff, slightly washed on chest with 
pale rufous ; bill, legs, and feet black (the latter very smalZ) ; 
irides brown. Length 5°5 to 6 inches; culmen 06; wing 
3°5; tail 2°25; tarsus I. : 
Adult Female: Crown, nape, back, cheeks, and chest 
buff or isabelline-buff; throat whitish ; wings and tail brown. 
Young in first plumage: Feathers of fore parts both 
above and beneath have pale centres; quills and tail-feathers 
tipped with buff. 
Distribution ; Summer visitant in Algeria, Egypt, Arabia, 
and Palestine; ranging through Abyssinia to North - west 
India in winter. Has occurred in Great Britain and also 
in Heligoland. 
Habitat: Solitary, desert or dry, rocky regions. 
