240 MESSRS. BLANFORD AND DRESSER ON [Apr. 21, 



lores, ear-coverts, and sides of the head, chin, and throat black ; 

 lower part of the neck, extending to the scapulary region, breast, 

 and abdomen, rufous isabelline ; under wing-coverts, axillaries, and 

 thigh-coverts black. Culmen 085, wing 3*75, tail 2*6, tarsus 1*3. 



Younger males have the crown, nape, and back browner; scapu- 

 lars and rump more rufous ; lower parts from the breast pale ferru- 

 ginous ; wing-coverts and scapulars with pale rufous margins. 



Female. Upper parts to the rump hair-brown with an umber 

 tinge, the central portions of the feathers darker, especially on the 

 crown ; wings blackish brown, the coverts and secondaries with 

 broad rufous margins ; rump and upper tail-coverts pale ferru- 

 ginous ; tail black ; lores blackish ; ear-coverts hair-brown ; lower 

 parts rufous isabelline, whitish on the throat, all the feathers with 

 more or less distinct dark central streaks. Culmen 0*72, wing 3 - 45, 

 tail 2-4, tarsus 1-25. 



Hah. South Africa. 



We find it quite impossible to determine whether this is Buffon's 

 " Grand Motteux" or not. 



As it may probably be useful to working naturalists to know to 

 which species the various Chats enumerated by Mr. G. R. Gray in 

 his well known Hand-list (i. pp. 224-226) belong, we give the follow- 

 ing review of them, viz. : — 



3205. S. cenanthe is the type of the genus Saxicola, and is the 



common European Wheatear. 



3206. S. albicollis stands as S. stapazina. 



3207. S. stapazina = S. rufa. 



3208. S. leucomela is the species inhabiting South-eastern Europe 



and Northern Africa, whereas 



3209. S. capistrata is the eastern form and stands as S. morio. 



3210. S. lugens = S. leucomela, no. 3208. 



3211. S. atrogularis is referable to S. deserti. 



3212. S. deserti. 



3213. S. pallida = S. monacka $ . 



3214. S. stricklandi =S. albicans. 



3215. S. lugubris. 



3216. S. isabel Una. 



3217- S. philothamna = S. mcesta, 3228. 



3218. S. eurymelcena = S. melanoleuca. 



3219. S. amphileuca = S. stapazina. 



3220. S. libanotica = S. erythrcea. 



3221. S. rufocinerea is a Monticola and not a true Chat. 



3222. S. cenanthoides = S. cenanthe, 3205. 



3223. S. gutturalis = S. deserti, 3212. 



3224. /&. montana = S. deserti. 



3225. S. sordida is a Ruticilla or a Pratincola, but not a true 



Chat. 



3226. S. halophila = S. erythrtza juv. 



3227. S. homochroa = S. deserti $ . 



