SAXICOLA. 3 



The adult female in breeding plumage is earthy brown, slightly paler on 

 the margins of the quills, wing coverts, the chin, upper throat and breast 

 shading into nearly white on the belly and more or less suffused with buff on 

 the under tail coverts ; rump and tail as in the male, except that the white is 

 occasionally slightly suffused with buff. 



Length. 6^25 to 6*5 inches ; wing 37 ; tail 2*75 ; bill at front 0*5. 

 Hab. Sind, Beloochistan, S. E. Persia, S. Afghanistan, the Punjab. N. W. 

 Provinces, Oudh, and Guzerat. Breeds in Persia and South Afghanistan. 



408. SaxiCOla Capistrata, Gould B. Asia, pt. xvii. 1865 ; Seebohm, 

 Cat. J?. Br. Mus. vol. v. p. 368 ; Gray, Handlist B. i. p. 224. Saxicola 

 leucomela (Pall), apud. Elyth, J . A. S. B, xvi. p. 131 ; apud. Jerd. B. 2nd. 

 ii. p. 131, No. 490. Saxicola morio, Hemp, et Ehr. apud. Blanf, and Dresser, 

 P. Z. S. 1874, p. 225 (pariim) ; apud. Sever tz. Sir. F. iii. p. 429. The 

 INDIAN STONE CHAT. 



Adult Male in Breeding Plumage. Head and nape greyish white, shading 

 into white on the hind neck and eye stripes ; lores, chin, throat, ear coverts, 

 sides of neck, scapulars, back, wing coverts, axillaries and under wing coverts 

 black; quills dark brown, slightly paler on the under surface; rump, upper 

 tail coverts, breast, flanks, belly and under tail coverts white, the latter occa- 

 sionally suffused with buff ; tail white, the two central feathers nearly black 

 for the terminal half, and the remainder tipped with nearly black from a 

 quarter to half an inch; bill and legs black ; wings, 3rd, 4th and 5th prima- 

 ries nearly equal and longest ; second, intermediate in length between the 6th 

 and 7th ; bastard primary o'9 to 0*7. 



Length. Wing 37 to 3-5 inches; tail 27 to 2*4 ; oilmen 07 to 0*62; tarsus 

 J'l to 0*9. Fe ma le unknown. {Seebohm.) 



Hab. North- Western and Central India, and Sind during winter. Breeds 

 in Turkistan and probably Afghanistan also. (Seeboh?n, Cat. B. Br. Mus. 

 p. 368.) 



409. Saxicola monacha, Rupp. fide Ten. Pi. Col. No. 359, fig. i ; 



id. Syst. Uebers. p. 58 ; Gray, Handlist B. i. p. 226 ; Shelley, B. Egypt, 

 p. 78 ; Sharpe and Dresser $ B. Eur. pt. xvi. ; Blf. and Dresser ; P. Z. S. 1874, 

 p. 227; Blf. East. Pers. ii. p. 150; Seebohm, Cat. B. Br. Mus. vol. v. 

 p. 369. Saxicola pallida, Rupp. fide Cretzschm, Rupp. Atl. xxxiv. ; Gray, 

 Handlist B. i. p. 224, No. 3213. Dromolaea monacha (Rupp.), Bp. Consp. i. 

 302 ; Hume, Str. F. 1873, p. 186. Saxicola gracilis, Licht. Nom. Av. p. 35. 

 The HOODED STONE CHAT. 



Adult Male. General colour black ; quills dark brown, paler on under 

 surface ; head, nape, upper and lower tail coverts, belly, and flanks white ; 

 tatf white, except the terminal half of the two central feathers, and the tips of 

 others, which are very dark brown ; bill and legs black ; irides brown. 



