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12. DESERT WHEATEAR. Saxicola deserti, Riippell. Two occurrences : N.E. Africa, ' 

 [{^Scotland, Nov. 1880; Yorkshire, Oct. 1885. S.W.Asia. ^ 



Terminal half of tail black, rest white ; axillaries black, with white 

 tips. 



Male. Back, crown, and scapulars uniform buff; chin and throat black. 

 Length 5| inches. 



13. WESTERN BLACK-THROATED WHEATEAR. Saxicola stapazina, s - w - Europe, / 

 fl Yieillot. One occurrence in Lancashire, May 1875. ^teringTn 



Axillaries black; two-thirds of two centre tail-feathers black with W.Africa. ^ 

 the basal third white, the others white tipped with black. 



Male. Crown, back, rump, breast, and belly white, suffused with buff 

 on back and breast. Chin and upper throat Hack. Length 5| inches. 



14. WHINCHAT. Pratincola rubetra (Linnaeus). Spring to autumn. 

 Male. Chest orange-rufous ; white line over eye from bill to nape ; 



basal half of tail white,.rest black. 



Female. Like male, but paler. 



Young. Like old female, but more spotted, with white tips to the 

 feathers. Length 5 inches. 





15. STONECHAT. Pratincola rubicola (Linnaeus). Resident. 



Male. Head, chin, and throat black; breast orange-chestnut; upper 

 tail-coverts whitish, spotted with black. Tail blackish brown ; outer web 

 of outside feathers edged with buff. 



Female. Upper tail-coverts reddish brown ; lower parts rufous. 



Young. Spotted. Length 5| inches. 



16. EEDSTART. Rutlcilla phoenicurus (Linnaeus). Sylvan. Spring to 

 autumn in Great Britain ; Ireland, breeds in co. Wicklow. 



Rump and tail chestnut ; axillaries chestnut, or rufous. 



Male in spring. Black line in front of the white forehead ; chin, 

 throat, and sides of neck black ; back grey ; centre of belly nearly white. 



Female. Above dull brown ; underparts paler ; breast shaded with 

 chestnut and white. 



Male in autumn much as adult female. 



Young. Spotted. Length 5| inches. 



17. BLACK EEDSTART. EuticiUa titys (Scopoli). Not uncommon in 

 autumn and winter on rocky coasts of S. W. of England ; elsewhere a 

 straggler. 



Tail and rump chestnut-red ; two centre tail-feathers dark ; axillaries 

 black, or greyish black. 



Male. Cheeks, throat, and breast black ; primaries and secondaries 

 edged on outer webs with white ; centre of belly nearly white. 



Female and young male. Above entirely sooty brown ; uuderparts 

 nearly as dark as the upper. Length 5| inches. 



