636 Dr. (!. B. Ticehnrst on [Ibis, 



Chats, it is found solitary and resents the intrusion of any 

 other bird in its area. It leaves Lower Sind by about mid- 

 March. Its food I have found to consist of small seeds and 

 beetles. 



(Enanthe deserti atrogularis (Blyth). 



This C*hat at all events is well named, being a true denizen 

 of the desert ; generailv distributed in the vast arid tracts or 

 where a little scrub jungle occurs, in cultivation proper it is 

 not seen, nor have I met with it in the hills. It is a 

 winter visitor, the first males arriving in Lower Sind about 

 6 October, it becomes common by the middle of the month ; 

 the females, as with other Chats arrive later, and I have not 

 noticed any before 24 October. Most leave again by the 

 end of February, and the latest date I have met with this 

 species is 10 March ; like other migratory species it becomes 

 exceedingly fat before departure. 



Out in the desert this Chat may be met with almost 

 anywhere, but it is particularly fond of broken ground, 

 either sandy or rocky, and also of old cultivation which has 

 reverted to desert. Here it takes up its position on any 

 raised lump or stone, and also on low bushes, whence it darts 

 down to take its prey or fly uj) Flycatcher style to take an 

 insect on the wing. Its chief food appeared to be beetles. 

 Mr. Bell records it feeding on Ilodotermes macroceplialns. 

 Males very greatly predominate. 



My series measure : — ^ , wing 92-97 ; ? , 89-92, once 97. 

 February and March specimens show no sign of any moult 

 anywhere. So far as I am aware, the race oreopltila does 

 not occur in Sind or in the plains of India (cf. Ibis, 1922, 

 p. 155). 



(Enanthe xanthoprymna chrysopygia (De Fil,). 



Hume noted the Red-tailed Wheatear everywhere where 

 lie touched on the foot-hills of the Khirthar Range in winter, 

 and my experience is similar. Anywhere in the lowest ibot- 

 hills in precisely the same places as is found the Ammomanes, 

 this Wheatear may be confidently looked for in small 

 numbers, and n places-such as the gorges in the Laki Hills 



