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Female similar to male but a trifle smaller. 

 Eight specimens (one unsexed) collected in Jebel Marra : — 

 Four adult males : Wings 91 to 95 mm., tails 72 to 74. 

 Four adult females : Wings 87 to 91 mm., tails 72 to 73. 



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Amadina fasciata furensis^ subsp. no v. 



" Darfur Ciit-tliroat Finch." - ^af 



Near A. fasciata fasciata (Gm.), but in the male the colour 

 is generally of a warmer tint ("Mikado brown," Iiid<jwaij) ^ 

 the dark vermiculations on the upperside considerably less, 

 almost absent in the centre of the back ; and below with a 

 number of fine blackish vermiculations across the lower 

 breast, instead of V- or crescent-shaped marks. The crimson 

 of the throat is considerably lighter in colour. 



Female. Much the same as ^''fasciata.'" 



Type. In the British Museum. An adult male from 

 Derrat, 50 miles east of Ei Fasher, collected by Captain 

 Lynes on 9th March, 1920. . 



Dimensions of the type : — Wing 68 mm.^ tail 41, tarsus 

 15, bill 9-5. 



Five specimens collected in Darfur : — 



Three adult males : Wings 68 mm., tails 40-42. 



Two adult females : Wings 67-69 mm., tails 40-42. 



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Saxlcola torquata jebelmarrse, subsp. nov. 



" Jebel Marra Stonechat." 



The first known breeding Stonechat of the " S. torquata " 

 species in the Sudan, those from the Blue and White Nile 

 districts and Abyssinia being apparently all wintering 

 examples of S. torquata maura (Pall.j, which breeds in 

 Persia, etc. 



This form much resembles " maxira^'' but has the tail- 

 feathers all (or practically all) black at the base. It is 

 also not at all unlike the Madagascar P. torquata si/billa, 

 but is rather larger, and the male has a somewhat more 

 ffinger than chestnut tint in the " red " of the underside. 



Type. In the British Museum. An adult male fr®ra Jebel 



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