ISABELLINE WHEATEAR 



ISABELLINE CHAT. 



PLATE CXIII.* FIGURE II. 

 Saxicola isabellina, RUPPELL. 



ONE specimen of this species was found in Cumber- 

 land by the Rev. H. A. Macpherson in 1888. It is 

 an inhabitant of East Africa and India, extending into 

 China. 



The nest, which is described by Heuglin as tolerably 

 bulky and lined with soft grasses, is usually placed in the 

 burrows of small animals. 



The eggs resemble those of the Common Wheatear, 

 being pale blue in colour. 



