114 A CONTRIBUTION TO THE ORNITHOLOGY OF GILGIT. 
77.—Saxicola morio, Hemp. § Ehr. (490 ?) 
81.—Sazicola hendersoni, Hume.* 
This species is common in Gilgit from the third week in 
April to the end of June, and again from the beginning of 
September to the first week in October. Most of the birds 
that visit us in spring go further north, but a few probably 
breed in the district. I preserved fifty-five specimens of this 
species, and after comparison with the types in the British 
Museum, I entertain no doubt that Sazicola hendersoni is 
merely a synonym of S. morio. S. hendersoni was described 
from specimens in autumn plumage; but I for some time 
thought that even in breeding-plumage it could be distin- 
guished from typical S. morio by having more white on the 
lateral tail-feathers. Every intermediate stage, however, is 
represented in my collection, from a broad black band on the 
ends of the feathers next to the uropygials to the form in 
which the white runs right down to the tips of these rectrices. 
Major Biddulph has correctly pointed out that the female of 
this species is quite unlike the male in colour. In my series 
the length of the wings varies from 3°35 to 3°8, and the 
second primary is intermediate in length between the fifth 
and sixth. 
78.—Saxicola vittata, Hempr. & Lhr. (491 0.) 
This rare species appears in Gilgit in very small numbers, 
and probably on migration only. I obtained two males, of 
which one, shot on the 11th of May, is in full breeding- 
plumage, and measures :—Length, 6 inches ; wing, 3:7; tail, 2°5 ; 
tarsus, 0°87. This specimen only differs from the adult male 
S. morio, in breeding-plumage, in having the chin, throat, and 
breast pure white instead of black. The other male, men- 
tioned in The Ibis, 1881, p. 59, is probably immature, as 
the black feathers of the upper surface are narrowly edged 
with brown. The female referred to this species by Major 
Biddulph, on page 60, I find, on re-examination, to be really a 
female of Sazicola picata and not of S, vittata. 
79.—Saxicola isabellina, Riipp. (491.) 
This species is fairly common in Gilgit on migration, from 
March to the third week in April, and again from the last 
week in September to the first week in November. 
Mr. Blanford, in his “ Zoology of Persia,” p. 148, remarks 
that the length of the black tip on the lateral tail-feathers of 
* J very much question this identification ; but unfortunately I cannot get at my 
specimens until the summer, when I will take the question up. Till then I must 
ask my readers to suspend their opinion.—Ep., §. F, 
