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dried grass, without any lining of hair, and containing five eggs. As a rule the eggs are rather 

 rounder than those of the Black-eared Chat, and the bird has a lower range, and is more partial 

 to ruins than its congener; indeed on the upper tablelands I do not recollect seeing it." Major 

 Irby also met with it at Gibraltar, where it is rare, as he only records it as having once been 

 observed, on the 4th of April. In the south of France it occurs, more especially in Provence, 

 where, according to Baron J. W. von Muller (J. f. O. 1856, p. 225), it breeds, but during the 

 spring migration is largely increased in numbers by arrivals from the south. Bailly records it as 

 found only on two occasions in the extreme south of Savoy, it being an accidental visitant of 

 extreme rarity. Savi states that it occurs near Genoa, whence I also possess a single specimen ; 

 and doubtless it is to be met with in Tuscany ; near Modena it is, he states, rare. Salvadori 

 never met with it in Sardinia, but writes (J. f. O. 1865, p. 35) that there are three specimens in 

 the Museum, and that Cara includes it as a common resident, inhabiting the valleys and fields 

 near the Saline in the winter, and the hills during the summer. In Sicily Professor Doderlein 

 records it as appearing in April, and as nesting in small numbers in the elevated districts of the 

 island; but the majority pass on to the continent, to reappear in the autumn migration, accom- 

 panied by the young. Mr. C. A. Wright (Ibis, 1864, p. 65) records it from Malta as being 

 " comparatively scarce ; but a regular annual visitor in spring and autumn. It arrives at the 

 same time as S. oenanthe, or perhaps a little later. It sometimes perches on the branches of 

 trees — a habit I have never observed in S. cenanthe." Lord Lilford (Ibis, 1860, p. 140) speaks of 

 it as being more abundant in Epirus during the summer than S. cenanthe ; Mr. W. H. Hudleston 

 met with it in the delta of the Aspropotamo ; and in Greece, according to Lindermayer (Vog. 

 Griechenl. p. 110), it arrives early in April, and soon spreads over the barren hilly portions of the 

 country, where it remains to breed, and leaves about the middle of September. Dr. Th. Kriiper 

 met with it during the breeding-season in the rugged mountains of Naxos, where it is not 

 uncommon, and where he obtained its eggs. Dr. A. Fritsch (Vog. Eur. p. 194) says that it 

 arrives in Bohemia in April and leaves early in September; he met with it commonly on the 

 elevated plateaux of Montenegro, near the village of Niegusch. In Asia Minor and Southern 

 Russia it is replaced by Saxicola melanoleuca ; but in North-eastern Africa, though this latter 

 species predominates, the present form is also met with during migration, though in very small 

 numbers. I have specimens of both species obtained there. Captain Shelley (B. of Eg. p. 74) 

 says that he only saw one specimen; but, on the other hand, Von Heuglin (Vog. N.O. Afr. 

 p. 349) speaks of it as much commoner than S. melanoleuca. Judging from the series I have 

 examined, I should be inclined to agree with Captain Shelley rather than with Von Heuglin, 

 who, moreover, states that it goes further south than S. melanoleuca, having been met with by 

 him in the Djur Gebiet. In North-western Africa the present species alone occurs. Mr. W. T. H. 

 Chambers-Hodgetts (Ibis, 1867, p. 101) met with it in the ruins of the ancient Leptis (Lebdah), 

 and at Turhona, where it was abundant; Mr. Salvin (Ibis, 1859, p. 307) observed it in the 

 Eastern Atlas in situations similar to those frequented by the Black-eared Chat, and equally 

 distributed over the same districts. Loche met with it in the province of Algeria to near Boghar, 

 and states that it breeds near Milianah ; and Mr. J. H. Gurney, jun., writes (Ibis, 1871, p. 80) 

 that it is found in the Tell during the summer, and frequents the sea-shore at Algiers, not the 

 dunes only, but also the rocks by the edge of the water. Mr. C. F. Tyrwhitt Drake also met 



