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ANNALS OF BIRD LIFE. 



SPECIES. 



POINTS OF DISTINCTION. 



Bluethroat (continued} 



Desert Wheatear . 



Black-throated Chat 



Isabelline Chat 



Red-breasted Flycatcher 



stripe, and basal half of tail (ex- 

 cept two centre feathers) which is 

 chestnut; throat and upper breast 

 blue with chestnut spot in centre; 

 below blue is a narrow black 

 band, then broad band of chest- 

 nut shading into pale buff. In 

 female the showy throat is absent, 

 replaced by dark band across the 

 chest. Birds of year resemble 

 female in colour. Length 6 inches. 



General colour above buff, shading 

 into white on rump; chin, throat, 

 wings, axillaries, and terminal 

 half of tail black; under parts 

 buffish white. Female duller in 

 colour. Length 5^ inches. 



General colour buffish white, purest 

 on head and rump ; wings, chin, 

 upper throat, two centre tail 

 feathers except the base, and the 

 tips of the remaining ones, black. 

 Female nearly uniform brown 

 above, buff below, feathers on 

 throat having concealed black 

 bases. Length 5^ inches. 



Similar to female Wheatear in 

 colour; axillaries white ; terminal 

 half of tail black, rest white. 

 Female very similar in appearance 

 to that of Desert Chat, but feet 

 larger. Length 5^ inches. 



General colour olive brown; crown, 

 nape, and sides of neck gray; 

 tail white at base of all except 

 two centre feathers ; throat and 



