Birds of the Jhelum District, 63 



and Rawal Pindi in being much darker above and below, 

 and this difference would seem to bear out what Oates says 

 in the ' Birds of India/ when he describes the female of 

 S. capistrata as being like S.picata, but the chin and throat 

 and breast light fulvous, very little darker than the rest of the 

 lower plumage, upper parts more sandy. In Mr. Whistler's' 

 females the lower breast and belly are white. Looked upon 

 in recent years as a case of dimorphism^ I think it is still 

 an open question which might be settled by collecting 

 breeding pairs, as, if it finally proves to be a case of 

 dimorphism, the females as well as the males are dimorphic. — 



a B. r.] 



Saxicola opistholeuca. Strickland's Chat. 

 835.28.8.1913. Chakwal. S- Wing 96 mm. 

 A common winter visitor from the second half of August 

 until about the second week of March. 



Saxicola isabellina. The Isabelline Chat. 

 Occurs, I believe, as a winter visitor, but I did not 

 actually obtain a specimen. 



Saxicola deserti. The Desert Chat. 

 906. 24.10.1913. Chakwal. S • Wing 89 mm. 



1340. 13.3.1914. Dumman. ? . „ 98 mm. 



A common winter visitor from about the middle of October 

 (but probably earlier) until the middle of March, staying a 

 few days later than all the other species of Wheatear. In 

 the riverain area it is more common than S. capistrata^ but 

 less numerous than it is in the Pabbi. 



I was not able to ascertain (except in the case of >S^. capis- 

 trata, which occurs at Sardi) whether the Chats ascend the 

 Salt Range or not. They probably do so. 



[This is the eastern form, S. d. atrogularis Blyth. The 

 March bird is in worn dress. — C.B. T.'] 



Saxicola chrysopygia. The Red-tailed Chat. 

 997 & 998. 5.2.1914. Sohawa. Wing 96 and 90 mm. 

 Noted in February as common in the broken ground at 

 the base of the Salt Range near Sohawa. 



[In rather worn plumage ; no moult. — C. B. T.'] 



