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62. SUBSP. SAXICOLA CUMMINGI. 



Saxicola cummingi, Whitaker, Bull. Brit. Orn. Club. No.lxvi. (1899) ; 

 id. Ibis, (1902), p. 59, pi. iii. 



Ad. Differs from 5. xanthoprymna in having tlie basal part of the tail- 

 feathers rusty-red like the upper tail-coverts, instead of white. From 

 S. mccsta it differs in having the top of the head and nape brownish 

 grey like the back, the rump and upper tail-coverts rusty, and the 

 rufous on the outer tail-feathers extending to within 0*7 of the 

 extremity. Cnlmen 0*78, wing 37, tail 2'45, tarsus 0'95 inch. 



Hob. Fao, Persian Gulf. 



Nothing is as yet known respecting the habits or nidification 

 of this bird, and indeed, only one specimen, now in the British 

 Museum, is known. 



G3. ISABELLINE WHEATEAR. 

 SAXICOLA ISABELLINA. 



Saxicola isabellina, Ru'pp. Atlas, p. 52, pi. 34, fig. 6, (1826). Dresser, ii. 

 p. 199, pi. 22 ; Seebohm, Cat. B. Br. Mus. v. p. 399 ; Gates, F. Brit. 

 Ind. Birds, ii. p. 76 ; Tacz. F. 0. Sib., 0. p. 349 ; Saunders, p. 21 ; 

 Lilford, iii. p. 24, pi. 12 ; S. salfatrix, Keys and Bias, Wirbelth, 

 Eur. p. 192 (1840). 



Gonek, Russian. 



< ad. (Egypt). Upper parts greyish isabelline ; lower rump and 

 upper tail-coverts white ; superciliary line white ; lores black ; ear-coverts 

 brown ; wings -brown, the secondaries with pale margins, tail as in S. 

 (enanthe but with more black ; under parts pale isabelline, chin nearly 

 white, the breast darker ; under wing-coverts and axillaries white ; bill 

 .and legs black ; iris brown. Culmen 0'6, wing 3'95, tail 2*45, tarsus 118 

 inch. The female differs merely in having the black on the lores duller. 

 The nestling has the plumage indistinctly barred, and the wings 

 .and tail margined and tipped with rufous. In the winter the 

 Adult has the wing- and tail-feathers broadly margined with sandy 

 brown. This species somewhat resembles the female of S. ananthe, but 

 an always be distinguished by its white under wing-coverts and 

 axillaries. 



Hob. Resident in Egypt, Nubia and Abyssinia ; Arabia, 

 Palestine, the Caucasus and South Russia (where it migrates 

 south for the winter) ; is resident in Persia, and is a summer 

 resident in Turkestan, Afghanistan, Mongolia, Tibet, north 

 China and south-eastern Siberia, wintering in the plains of 



