142 STLVIAD^. 



Saxicola albonigra, Hume, Blanf. and Dresser, P. Z. S. 1874, p. 

 226 ; BIf. East. Persia, ii. p. 153, pi. xi. Seehohm, Cat. 7?. Br. Mus. p. 

 366. Saxicola alboniger, Same, Str. F. i. p. 2 (1873). DromolEea 

 alboniger, Hume, Str. F. i. p. 185; Murray, Hdbh, Zool., Sj-c, Sind, 

 p. 146. — Hume's Pied Stone Chat. 



Adult Male. — Head, neck, upper back and throat black ; quills dark 

 brown; under wing-coverts and axillaries black; tail white, with a 

 broad terminal band of dark brown, broader on the two central feathers ; 

 lower back, rump, upper tail-coverts, breast, belly and under tail- 

 coverts white ; bill and legs black ; irides dark brown. 



Length. — 7'5 inches, wing 4'25, bill at front 0'65. 



Hob. — Sind, Beloochistan (Kundilanee, Abigoom, Bdlan Pass and 

 Bampusht, Kalagan, Blf.), South B. Persia, S. Afghanistan (Gulistan, 

 Chaman, Dubrai, and Kandahar). Winters in Sind, and probably also 

 in S. E. Persia. 



Saxicola picata, Blyth, J. A. S. B. xvi. p. 131 ; Bp. Consp. i. p. 

 304; Jm-d, B. Ind. ii. p. 131, No. 489; Blf. and Dresser, P. Z. S. 1874, 

 p. 227; Seehohm, Gat. B. Br. Mus. p. 367; Blf. Eastern Persia, ii. p, 

 153; Hume, Str. F. i. pp. 3, 184. Dromolsea picata, {Blyth); Gould. B. 

 Asia, pt. xvii. — The Pied Stone Chat. 



Head, neck, back, throat and upper breast black; quills dark 

 brown, much paler on the under surface ; under wing-coverts and 

 axillaries black ; rump, upper tail-coverts, lower breast, under 

 tail-coverts and vent white ; the under tail-coverts in some specimens 

 with a very faint tinge of bufiy ; tail white, the two central feathers 

 black for their terminal half, and the others for about one-fourth termi- 

 nated with blackish brown ; bill and legs black; irides dark brown. 



Length. — 6'25 to 6' 5 inches, wing 3' 7, tail 2*75, bill at front 0'5. 



Hah. — Sind, Beloochistan, S. B. Persia, S. Afghanistan, the Punjab. 

 N. W. Provinces, Oudh, and Guzerat. Breeds in Persia and South 

 Afghanistan. 



Saxicola capistrata, Gould. B. Asia, pt. xvii. 1865; Seehohm, Cat. 

 B. Br. Mus. vol. v. p. 368; Gray, Handlist B. L p. 224. Saxicola leuco- 

 mela, (Pall) apud. Blyth, J. A. S. B. xvi. p. 131; apud. Jerd. B. Ind. 

 ii. p. 131, No. 490. Saxicola morio. Hemp, et Ehr, apud. Blanf. and 

 Dresser, P. Z. S. 1874, p. 225 {partim) ; apud. Severtz. Str. F, iii. p. 

 429. — The Indian Stone Chat. 



Adult Male in Breeding Plumage. — Head and nape greyish white, 

 shading into white on the hind neck and eye stripes ; lores, chin, 

 throat, ear-coverts, sides of neck, scapulars, back, wing-coverts, axil- 

 laries and under wing-coverts black; quills dark brown, slightly paler 

 on the under surface; rump, upper tail-coverts, breast, flanks, belly 

 and under tail-coverts white, the latter occasionally sufl'used with buff; 

 tail white, the two central feathers nearly black for the terminal half, 

 and the remainder tipped with nearly black from a quarter to half an 

 inch; bill and legs black; wings, 3rd, 4th and 5th primaries nearly 

 equal and longest ; second, intermediate in length between the 6th and 

 7th; bastard primary 0'9 to 0'7. 



