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frequents waste ground, usually on the borders of cultivation, and at Besharik and Bora in 

 August it was found associated with Saxicola deserti. In the neighbourhood of Yarkand it 

 breeds in April and May ; three quite young birds w^ere obtained there during the latter month. 

 The Turki name for all Wheatears is Chikit, a word having some reference to the black-and- 

 white tail ; the present species is distinguished as Boz cUkit, L e, ' the Grey Wheatear.' " 



174. Saxicola deserti. 



Saxicola atrogularis, Blyth ; Hume & Renders. Lahore to Yark. p. 205 (1873). 



Saxicola deserti, T. ; Dresser, Ibis, 1875, p. 337 ; Scully, Str. F. iv. p. 143 (1876) ; Blanf. East. Persia, 



ii. p. 148 (1876) ; Wardlaw Eamsay, Ibis, 1880, p. 57 ; Seebohm, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. v. p. 383 (1881) ; 



C. Swinh. Ibis, 1882, p. 107 ; Severtz. Ibis, 1883, p. 69 j Ilomeyer & Tancre, MT. orn. Yer. Wien, 



1883, p. 85; Scully, J.A. S.Beng.lvi. p. 82 (1877) ; Sharpe, Trans. Linn. Soc. (2) Zool. v. p. 74 



(1889) ; Gates, Faun. Brit. Ind., Birds, ii. p. 78 (1890). 

 Saxicola solina, Eversm. j Severtz. Turkest. Jevotn. p. 65 (1873) ; id. Str. F. iii. p. 429 (1875). 



No. 811. North of Suget Pass, October 16, 1873. 



"The Black-throated Wheatear," writes Dr. Henderson, "was common in Ladak, from 

 Kharbu to Leh, and, indeed, ahnost to the Pangong Lake, and again in the Lower Karakash 

 Valley and the plains of Yarkand. A nestling was obtained on the 5th of August at Balakchi, 

 on the Karakash, showing that the bird breeds in this neighbourhood." 



Dr. Scu^Uy states that " this species was common in the plains of Kashgharia at elevations 

 of 4500 feet and upwards, and in some portions of the hills up to an elevation of 12,300 feet. 

 It was never observed during the winter. In the plains it was found in the desert ground 

 between Sanju and Karghalik, hopping among the little sand-banks, and it was common 

 between Shahidiila and Gulgun Shah in the Karakash Valley. It probably breeds in the 

 localities mentioned during the months of June and July. The Turki name for this species 

 is "Ala Chikit," the "Variegated Wheatear." 



Dr. Stoliczka says that it breeds in the Duba Valley. 



175. Saxicola Montana. 



Saxicola deserti, pt. (nee Cretzsehm.) ; Blanf. East. Persia, ii. p. 148 (1876). 



Saxicola montana, Gould; Seebolim, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. v. p. 384 (1881) ; Zarudn. Ois. Transcasp. p. 38 

 (1885) ; St. John, Ibis, 1889, p. 164; Gates, Faun. Brit. Ind., Birds, ii. p. 78 (1890). 



Nos. 498, 511 [c? 2 moulting]. Kharbu, August 21, 1873. 



No. 541 [ 6 moulting]. Snimu, August 26, 1873. 



No. 549 [ c^ moulting]. Leh, August 27, 1873. 



No. 688 [ cS ]. Zingral, South of Chang-la, 15,000 feet, September 14, 1873.— Total length 



6-65 inches, wing 4*0, tail 2*9, tarsus I'O. Iris blackish brown; bill and feet black. 

 No. 693 [ c? ]. Tsultak, north of Chang-la, 15,500 feet, September 15, 1873. 

 Nos. 1490, 1505, 1522 [ c? ad.]. Panjah, April 14, 1874. 

 No. 1476 [ c? ]. Panjah, April 16, 1874.— Length 6*85 inches, wing 4*0, tail 27, tarsus 1*04. 



Iris dark brown ; bill and feet black. 

 No. 1681 [ 2 ]. South-west of Ighiz Yar, May 18, 1874. 

 No. 1819 [ $ ]. Karghalik, May 30, 1874. 

 No. 1842 [ 6 ]. Kugiar, June 1, 1874. 



Dr. Stoliczka remarks that this species (which he at first mistook for S. deserti) had young 

 in August when he was at Kharbu. At Tsultak he says it was " very common, and evidently 



