32 PASSERES. 



point, the question cannot now be considered an open one, as the 

 fact of the distinctness of the two species is quite settled. 



148. Saxicola deserti. 



Saxicola deserti, Teram. PI. Col. 359, f. 2 : Strickl. P. Z. S. 

 1850, p. 216 : Blanf. & Dresser, P. Z. S. 1874, p. 224. 



Saxicola atrogularis, Blytb, J. A. S. B. xvi. p. 130. 



a $ Kartoum, Oct. 1848 (J. Petherick) 1848. b N. India 

 (Stevens) 1850. 



149. Saxicola leucomela. 



Motacilla leucomela, Pall. N. Comm. Petr. xiv. p. 584. t. 22. 

 f. 3. 



Saxicola leucomela, Temm. Man. d'Orn. i. p. 243 : Blanf. & 

 Dresser, P. Z. S. 1874, p. 225. 



Saxicola lugens, Licht. Verz. Doubl. p. 33. 



a (Askew) 1837. 



Asia and N. E. Africa. 



150. Saxicola morio. 



Saxicola morio, Ehr. Symb. Phys. fol. aa: Blanf. & 

 Dresser, P. Z. S. 1874, p. 225. 



Saxicola leucomela, Jerd. B. Ind. ii. p. 131 (nee Pallas). 

 a $ Siberia (J". F. Brandt) 1846. 



151. Saxicola picata. 



Saxicola picata, Blyth, J. A. S. B. xvi. p. 131 : Blanf. & 

 Dresser, P. Z. S. 1874, p. 227. 



a, b. N. India (W. J. E. Boys] 1847. 



152. Saxicola leucura. 



Turdus leucurus, Gm. Syst. Nat. i. p. 820. 



Saxicola leucura, Blanf. & Dresser, P. Z. S. 1874, p. 228. 



a Dalmatia (L. Coulon) 1836. 



153. Saxicola opistholeuca. 



Saxicola opistholeuca, Strickland, Contr. Orn. 1849, p. 60. 

 t. 13 : Blanf. & Dresser, P. Z. S. 1874, p. 229. 



a N. India (W. J. E. Boys] 1848. 



Probably the type of the species, at one time in Mr Sclater's 

 collection. 



