Mr. R. B. Sharpe on Saxicola monticola. 341 



" n. $ ad. sk. Potcliefstroom, Jan. 4^ 1877 {W. Lucas). 

 Dr. Exton [P.] r 



Mr. Lucas's label says '' sex not distinguishable/' but Mr. 

 Seebohm determines the specimen to be a female. Accord- 

 ing to B., Y., & R. this would be an adult male in 7th stage. 



" 0. ? ad. sk. Potchefstroom (r. ^?/re5). T. H. Gurney, 

 Esq. [P.]. Type of S. teplironotar 



Also determined by Mr. Seebohm to be a female on his 

 own authority. It would be, according to B., F.^ & R., a 

 very old male in 9th stage. N.B. The sex was not given 

 by Mr. Ayres. 



^' p. $ ad. sk. Koanquip, Great Namaqua Land [C.J. A.), 

 R. B. Sharpe, Esq." 



In typical 5th stage of B,, F., & R. 



'' q. S, r,s. ? ad. sk. Koy's Fountain {C.J. A.). R. B. 

 Sharpe, Esq.'' 



In the case of the male, Mr. Seebohm follows ]\Ir. Anders- 

 son's ticket on the specimen ; it is an adult male in 6th stage 

 ofB., F., &R. 



Mr. Andersson also marked the two other specimens 

 " males ;" but Mr. Seebohm, being convinced of the con- 

 trary, has put them down as females, because they were 

 grey. But Andersson's indication of these birds as males 

 agrees with the conclusions of our authors ; and according to 

 B., F., & R. the birds would be very old tnales in the 7th and 

 8th stages. 



Saxicola monticola-leucomel^na, Seebohm, t. c. p. 380. 

 " a. ? ad. sk. South Africa. Purchased." 

 This bird is marked by the late Jules Verreaux on the 

 label, " jne. ^ ." This was done by him during his stay with 

 me during the Paris Commune. The real sex of the specimen 

 was not attached by the collector, the skin having been ori- 

 ginally purchased by me from Leadbeater. Mr. Seebohm, 

 following his preconceived notions, has boldly identified it 

 as a female; but according to B., F., and R. it would be a 

 male in the 8th stage in worn plumage. 



