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The following is a List of the Birds seen on Montaiia 

 Clara : — ^ 



1. Corvus cor ax tingitanus. — A pair of E-avens lived in 

 the high cliffs shown in the photograph (Pi. III. fig. 2) ; 

 they doubtless breed there every year. 



2. Anthas b. bertheloti.— Not at all iincomraon ; all the 

 specimens procured were in full moult. This Pipit probably 

 breeds in the island. 



3. Saxicola dacotice murielce. (PI. V.). — The discovery 

 of this Chat^ which I met with for the first time in this 

 island and subsequently in AUcgranza, proved to be the most 

 notable event of the expedition. Hitherto no ornithologist, 

 least of all myself, had dreamt of finding a Saxicola on 

 these small desert islands. It was therefore with no little 

 pleasure that I examined the first two examples which had 

 been shot by Bishop, my taxidermist, two days after our 

 arrival in Montana Clara. Four or five birds were seen 

 together on the low ridge behind the camp ; this was the 

 only occasion upon which they were met with in this island, 

 the party consisting of both adult and immature birds. 

 They perched on the low plants that were growing amongst 

 the lava and sandhills, conspicuous amongst which was 

 Suaeda fruiicosa Forsk., with a pretty purple bloom. 



As already mentioned, I published a short description of 

 this subspecies in the October number of the ' Bulletin.^ 

 The following is a minute description of the adult male, 

 female, and young bird of the year. A comparison is 

 given between S. d. muriela and S. d. dacotice in certain 

 plumages :— 



Adult male (full autumn-plumage, from a specimen shot 

 on June the 12th). 



General colour of the upperparts brownish, each feather 

 with clearly defined wide dark brown shaft-streaks ; crown 

 of the head and nape of a darker shade than the back, with 

 small dark brown bases to the feathers ; rump and upper 

 tail-coverts light cinnamon-brown with the shaft-streaks 

 very faint; wings dark brown, the primaries edged with 



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