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4. *Saxicola isalbellina Riipp. 



Common in the open plains of the plateau. I found a 

 nestful of full-fledged young in a Citellus-burrow, about 

 15 inches from the mouth, in the plains south of Konia on 

 May 23. 



In the Kara Dagh some of these Wheatears frequented 

 the wide grassy bottom of the great crater (about 5000 ft.), 

 and my notes also record that " I have seeu them at various 

 heights in the mountains '' (this probably only refers to 

 the lower parts). 



5. Saxicola cenanthe L. (?). 



Several Wheatears, which I believed to be of this species, 

 were seen on the hill-sides above Scutari on May 9 and 13. 

 There is more doubt about a record of one or two seen near 

 Eski-Sheher on May 19 — I think these may have been 

 S. isahellina. 



6. ■^Saxicola alhicollis Yieill. 



This Wheatear was not uncommon about the slopes of the 

 Kaia Dagh. 



About the middle of June a family-party was to be seen 

 about the vicinity of our camp during several days. In the 

 first week of the same month a peasant who had caught a 

 hen Wheatear on the nest (which contained three eggs) 

 brought the bird and nest bodily to me. The former 

 escaped before I was able to examine it, but I believe it 

 was of this species. The cock-birds I watched had black 

 sides of the head, wings, and terminal part of tail, the rest 

 pure white, with sometimes a little grey on the white 

 back. 



7. *Cossypha gutturalis Guerin. 



Fairly common on the lower slopes of the Kara Dagh in 

 those parts where bushes afforded it sufficient cover to suit 

 its skulking habits. 



According to Dresser (1910) the White-throated Chat 

 breeds in Palestine, Asia Minor, Turkestan, and Persia. I 

 found about half-a-dozen nests of this bird. Dresser further 



