7° 



EGYPTIAN WRDS 



ROSY-VENTED CHAT 



Saxicola moesta 



Black on sides of face ; wings, a blackish brown with 

 lighter margins ; under parts a warm white gradating into a 

 pinkish rufous as it nears tail ; tail, dark at end, white at 

 base ; eyes, brown. Length, 6'2 inches. 



This is not so common a bird as the preceding, 

 but still if a sharp look-out be kept it ought to be 

 seen. It inhabits the desert, but I have twice seen 

 it on the edge of cultivation, and the particular bird 

 I made my drawing from got up from stubble just 

 by the river-side. Both this bird and the White- 

 rumped are closely related to our own Wheatear 

 on one side and to our Stone-chat on the other. 

 All these birds are alike in the continued restlessness 





it does manage to pick up a living on grass or other 

 seeds and small insects. 



Two other Chats very closely related are the 

 Hooded Chat and the Mourning Chat. The former 

 is very similarly marked on the body, but has a 

 white top or hood on its head, whilst the latter has 

 the top of its head a delicate dull grey, and a 

 huffish tone over the under tail-coverts. 



