,v /; 



Not uncommon in the N.-W. Provinces. Jerdon says it is a permanent 

 resident at Saugor, living among sand-hills and rocks, and rarely or never 

 coming to cultivated ground. 



Gen. SaxiCOla. Bechst. 



Bill rather flat at base ; nostrils in a membranous groove, opening round ; 

 wings long; 3rd and 4th quills longest; tail even; outer toe longer than 

 inner. 



Head of Saxicola cenanthe. 



406. SaxiCOla albonigra (Hume), Blanf. and Dresser, P. Z. S., 

 1874, p. 226 ; Blf. East. Persia, ii. p. 153, pi. xi. ; Seebolim, Cat. B. Br. Mus> 

 p. 366. Saxicola alboniger, Hume, Sir. F. i. p. 2 (1873). Dromolgea albo- 

 niger, Hume, Str. F. i. p. 185 ; Murray, Hdbk. ZooL, fyc., Sind, p. 146. 

 HUME'S PIED STONE CHAT. 



Adult Male. Head, neck, upper back and throat black ; quills dark brown ; 

 under wing coverts and axillaries black ; tail white, with a broad terminal band 

 of dark brown, broader on the two central feathers ; lower back, rump, upper 

 tail-coverts, breast, belly and under tail coverts white ; bill and legs black ; 

 irides dark brown. 



Length. 7-5 inches, wing 4-25, bill at front 0-65. 



Hab. Sind, Beloochistan (Kundilanee, Abigoom, Bolan Pass and Bam- 

 pusht, Kalagan, Blf), South E. Persia, S. Afghanistan (Gulistan, Chaman, 

 Dubrai, and Kandahar). Winters in Sind, and probably also in S. E. Persia. 



407- SaxiCOla picata, Blyth, J. A. S. B. xvi. p. 131; Bp. Consp. 

 i. p. 304 ; Jerd. B. Ind. ii. p. 131, No. 489; Blf. and Dresser, P. Z. S. 

 1874, p. 227 ; Seebohm, Cat. B. Br. Mus. p. 367; Blf. Eastern Persia, ii. p. 

 153; Hume Str. F. i. pp. 3, 184. Dromolaea picata (Blyth), Gould B. 

 Asia, pt. xvii. The PIED STONE CHAT. 



Head, neck, back, throat and upper breast black ; quills dark brown, much 

 paler on the under surface ; under wing-coverts and axillaries black ; rump, 

 upper tail coverts, lower breast, under tail coverts and vent white ; the under 

 tail coverts in some specimens with a very faint tinge of buffy ; tail white, the 

 two central feathers black for their terminal half, and the others for about one- 

 fourth terminated with blackish brown ; bill and legs black ; irides dark brown. 



