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central roctrices. Under parts completely lacking the chest- 

 nut below the black throat, but the lower edge of this black 

 is frequently fringed with chestnut tips to the black feathers. 

 Abdomen, flanks, and lower breast white. 



Female. Very dark as in pallidu/ula, and much darker 

 than axillaris or salax. 



AVins of males 66-75, culmen 14-15 mm. 



The highlands of Abyssinia. It will be interesting to see 

 to which race belong birds from Mount Elgon. 



Saxicola torquata salax. 



Pratincola salax Verreaux, Rev. et Mag. Zool. 1851, 

 p. 307 : Gaboon, West Africa. 



Specimens from the type locality not examined. 



Male. Upper parts very dark with only slight brown 

 edgings to the feathers, which appear to wear off very quickly 

 and leave a jet-black crown and back. Upper tail-coverts 

 })ure white. Axillaries sn:oky-brown with broad white mar- 

 gins. Tail from pure black at base to a varying amount of 

 white, sometimes as much as occurs in maw7'a. The chestnut 

 of the under parts extends much lower than in axillaris and 

 frequently reaches the flanks as in robusta, but on the whole 

 it is a much whiter bird below than this latter race. 



Female. Above almost as dark as imlUdigula and much 

 darker than jebelmarrce or robusta. Under parts darker 

 than jebelmarrce, and not unlike robusta but with a darker 

 throat. The whole of the chestnut of the under parts is 

 uniform on breast and abdomen, whereas in axillaris, jebel- 

 marrw, pallidigula, and sibilla the chestnut of the breast is of 

 a darker tint than that of the abdomen. 



Wing of males 64-71 mm., culmen 14. 



Gaboon and northern Angola. 



Saxicola torquata torquata. 



Muscicapa torquata Linn. Syst. Nat. 12th ed. 1766, p. 328 : 

 Cape of Good Hope. 



Male. The chestnut on the under parts only covers to 

 about half-way between the black of the throat and the vent, 

 and does not extend to the flanks. 



