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Sx.Jusca infra pallidiore, pennarum margine riifo, mento albido, 



macula humerali alba. 

 Brown Wheatear, beneath paler; with the feathers edged with 



rufous ; the chiu whitish ; the shoulder with a white spot. 

 Traquet Fourmillier. Le Vaill. Ois. d'Afriq. v. iv. pi. 186, 



187. 



Inhabits Southern Africa. Length six inches and 

 a half: beak stout, black: general colour of the plu- 

 mage brown, beneath paler ; the feathers edged with 

 pale rufous : chin nearly white : on the shoulders a 

 white patch. Female smaller, brown; without the 

 white on the shoulders. 



Sp. 12. Sc. caprata. 



Sylvia caprata. Steph. v. x. 630. — Luzonia. 

 Sp. 13. Sa. fulicata. 



Sylvia fulicata. Steph. v. x. p. 616. — The Philippine Islands. 

 Sp. 14. Sc. Philippensis. 



Sylvia Philippensis. Steph. v. x. p. 616. — Le Traquet patre. 

 Le Vail. Ois. d'Afriq. iv. pi. 180. — The Philippine Islands. 

 Sp. 15. Sa. Rubicola. Temm. Man. d!Orn. 2 Edit. i. 246.— 



Sylvia Rubicola. Steph. v. x. p. 709. pi. 58.' — Britain and 



Europe. 

 Sp. 16. Sa. Rubetra. Temm. Man. d'Orn. 2 Edit. i. 249— Sylvia 



Rubetra. Steph. v. x. p. 706. — Britain and Europe. 

 Sp. 17. Sa. sperata. 



Sylvia sperata. Steph. v. x. 708. — Southern Africa. 



Sp. 18. Sa. melanura. Temm. PI. Col. 257.jf. 2. 



Sa. obscure-cinerea, subtus albido-cinerea ; alis fuscescentibus ; 



cauda rotundatd nigra. 

 Dull ash-coloured Wheatear, beneath whitish-ash ; with the wings 



brownish ; the tail rounded, black. 



Inhabits Arabia. Length five inches and a half: 

 all the upper parts of the plumage are dull-ash ; and 



