22 Col. R. Meinertzliagen on Birds from [Ibis, 



Female. As in indica, but slightly darker. 



Wing of males 67-70, culmen 13-5 to 14-5 mm. The bill 

 is broader and stouter than in niaiira or indica. 



Breeds in eastern Siberia east of the Lena River and Altai 

 Mountains, in Trans-Baikalia, Ussuri Land, and on the 

 Amur, in Manchuria, northern China, Saghalien, in the 

 Kuriles, and apparently throughout the hills of Japan. 



Winters in the Riu Kiu Islands, in southern China, 

 Formosa, Hainan, Burma, Siam, and Assam, being the pre- 

 vailing winter Stonechat in the latter country. Also in 

 north-east India, where it is scarce. 



Saxicola torquata przewalskii. 



Pratincola maura var. przeioalskii Pleskc, Wiss. Res. 

 Przewalski's Reisen, Vogel, i. 1889, p. 46 : Kansu and 

 eastern Turkestan. 



Similar to stejnegeri, but slightly darker underneath and 

 larger. Axillaries with scarcely any white edgings. Wing 

 of males 72—75, cnlnien 15 mm. 



Breeds in Kansu and on the northern slopes of the Russian 

 hill;? in eastern Turkestan. A fairly common summer visitor 

 to Tibet. 



On migration and in winter in China and the eastern 

 parts of the Indian peninsula, also at Gilgit and Kumaon in 

 the Himalayas. Has occurred in Siam. 



Saxicola torquata maura. 



Motacilla maura Pallas, 1773 : Ural River and between 

 Tobol and Irtysh Rivers. 



Saxicola hemprichii Ehrenberg, 1832 : Egypt. 



14 examined. 



Alale. The feather edgings of the upper parts ;ire paler 

 than in ruhicola or Kihernans. Upper tail-coverts white with 

 a few yellowish fringes, never with brown spotting as in 

 ruhicola. Tiie basal half of all the outer rectrices white, the 

 outer web being sometimes entirely white. The chestnut of 

 the under parts is more confined to the breast than in indica 

 or stejnegeri, and thus it more closely resembles ruhicola. 

 Abdomen usually white but sometimes washed with pale 



