40 TURDID.E. 



10. Saxicola stapazina, Vieillot. Western Black - throated 

 Wheatear. 



" Passes near Tangier during March and April, returning in 

 September. Is the most frequent after the Wheatear, with 

 which bird they travel." Favier. 



Is in Andalucia apparently less common than the Black-eared 

 Wheatear, perhaps because they frequent higher ground ; at 

 least I have noticed them more about mountain-tops. First 

 seen 17th of March, 1877 (Verner), 23rd of March, 1894 

 (Tapatanilla). They nest about the same time as the Black-eared 

 Wheatear, which they resemble in habits, nest, and eggs. 



Axillaries black ; two-thirds of two centre tail-feathers black with the 

 basal third white, the others white tipped with black. 



Male. Crown, back, rump, breast, and belly white, suffused with buff' 

 on back and breast. Chin and upper throat black. Length 5| inches. 



11. Saxicola albicollis, Vieillot. The Black-eared Wheat- 

 ear. 



According to Favier, this bird is less common than Saxicola 

 stapazina near Tangier, but is met with in the same way. Near 

 Gibraltar they appeared to me to be the most frequent, and were 

 first seen there on the 3rd of April, 1870, when several were 

 noticed ; and on the 15th of March, 1872, one was observed, and 

 a single bird at Tangier on the 14th. Seen at Tangier on the 

 18th March, 1894, by Mr. Irby, 60th Kifles, and by myself on 

 the 23rd at Sierra Retin. They breed on the " Queen of Spain's 

 Chair," laying about the first week in May, building a loosely 

 constructed nest among stones and rocks, very often in the same 

 situations as the Blue Rock-Thrush. The eggs are light blue, 

 with a zone of brown spots at the large end. 



Throat white. 



Male. Marked as last, but has head and back more whitish, but generally 

 suffused with buff; lores and patch round eye to side of neck black. 

 Female. Brownish where black in male. Length 6^ inches. 



