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most widely distributed of the genus in the Sahara 

 sub-region. 



335. THE BLACK-THROATED WHEATEAR Saxicola 

 stapazina Vieillot, is a resident in Algeria, but 

 increased in numbers in winter by migrants from 

 France and the Spanish Peninsula. 



336. THE BLACK-EARED WHEATEAR Saxicola 

 aurita, Temminck, is a resident in Algeria. It is 

 somewhat locally distributed south of the Atlas, and 

 I only obtained specimens at El Kantara. 



337. TRISTRAM'S CHAT Saxicola mtesta, Lichten- 

 stein, is a resident in Algeria. Taczanoswki met 

 with this species between Batna and El Kantara. 



338. THE PIED CHAT Saxicola lugens, Lichten- 

 stein, is a resident in the southern desert regions of 

 Algeria. I only met with this species at Biskra, 

 which is apparently its northern limit, and there it 

 was by no means common. (Conf. Ibis, 1882, p. 



56*0 . /. . 



339. THE WHITE-RUMPED CHAT Saxicola leuco- 

 pyga, Brehm, is a resident in the deserts of Algeria. 



340. THE BLACK CHAT Saxicola leucura (Gmelin), 

 is a resident in Algeria. I met with this species 

 north of Batna, also in the mountains to the west 

 of that town. It was also the commonest Chat 

 at El Kantara, where I found a barely finished 



