202 SAXICOLINJS. 



II, p. 130; Butler, Guzerat ; Stray Feathers, Vol. Ill, p. 475 ; 



Murray's Vertebrate Zoology of Sind, p. 144 ; Swinhoe and 



Barnes, Central India; Ibis, p. 125. 



THE INDIAN WHITE-TAILED STONECHAT. 



Length, 6*5 ; expanse, 1075 ; wing, 375 ; tail, 275 ; tarsus, 0'9 ; 

 bill at front, 0*5 ; bill at gape, 075. 



Bill black ; hides dark-brown ; legs black. 



Sooty-black ; the thigh-coverts, lower abdomen, vent, and 

 under tail-coverts white, and the greater part of the tail also 

 white ; the lateral feathers tipped with black for not quite half 

 an inch, the middle feathers for about half an inch. 



The female is said to be of a duller and browner hue. 



The White-tailed Stonechat occurs sparingly in Sind and 

 Northern Guzerat, more commonly near Mhow in Central India, 

 and at Neemuch in Western Rajpootana. It is a winter visitant 

 only. It is doubtful whether the bird has been found in the 

 Deccan. 



Saxicola picatus, Blyth. 



489. -Jerdon's Birds of India, Vol. II, p. 131 ; Butler, Guzerat ; 

 Stray Feathers, Vol. Ill, p. 475 ; Murray's Vertebrate Zoology 

 of Sind, p. 142. 



THE PIED STONECHAT. 



Length, 6'5 ; expanse, 11*25; wing, 375 ; tail, 275 ; tarsus, 

 0'9 ; bill at front, O'o ; bill at gape, 075. 



Bill black ; hides dark-brown ; legs black. 



Whole head, neck, and upper breast, back, and wings, black ; 

 the rump, upper tail-coverts, and all the lower parts from the 

 breast white ; tail white, except the terminal two-thirds of the 

 two central feathers, and the tips of the others, which are 

 black. 



The Pied Stonechat is a common winter visitant to Sind 

 and Guzerat, but it is much less common at Mhow and Neemuch, 

 and has not been recorded from the Deccan. 



I found it breeding in the vicinity of Chaman, South 

 Afghanistan. 



Saxicola alboniger, Hume. 



4S96is. Murray's Vertebrate Zoology of Sind, p. J 42. 

 HUME'S PIED STONECHAT. 



Length, 6'5 to 775 ; wing, 3'8 to 4'25 ; tail, 275 to 3 ; tarsus, 

 1 to 11 ; bill at front, 0'56 to 0'65. 



Bill black ; irides dark-brown ; legs black. 



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. 



