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SAXICOLA MONACHA. 



(HOODED CHAT.) 



Saxicola monacha, Temm. PI. Col. iii. pi. 359. fig. 1 (1825, ex Riipp. MS.). 

 Dromolcea monacha, Cab. Mus. Hein. Th. i. p. 9 (1850). 

 Saxicola gracilis, Licht. Nomenc. p. 35 (1854). 



Figurce notahiles. 

 Temm. PI. Col. iii. pi. 359. fig. 1 (tf); Shelley, B. of Egypt, pi. 2 (6, ?). 



c? supra niger : pileo summo, dorso postico, uropygio et supracaudalibus pure albis : facie et collo lateralibus 

 cum gutture toto et pectore superiore nigris : pectore inferiore et corpore reliquo subtus albis : sub- 

 alaribus nigris, exterioribus albis : ala tota nigra, secundariis vix albo terminatis : cauda alba, rectricibus 

 exterioribus paullo brunneo notatis, duabus centralibus omnino brunneis, extus vix rufescente lavatis. 



2 isabellino-cineracea : uropygio et supracaudalibus pallide isabellino-fulvis : loris et supercilio indistincto 

 fulvescenti-albidis : facie laterali brunnescenti-arenaria, regione parotica, paullo saturatiore : subtus ful- 

 vescenti-arenaria, gula pallidiore, pectore summo lateribusque brunnescentibus : subalaribus lactescenti- 

 fulvis : tectricibus alarum minimis dorso concoloribus, reliquis brunneis, anguste fulvido marginatis : 

 remigibus brunneis, anguste fulvido limbatis, secundariis latius marginatis et magis distincte apicatis : 

 Cauda, fulvescenti-alba, brunneo terminaliter notata, rectricibus duabus centralibus omnino brunneis. 



Adult Male (Jebel Usdum, January 1st) . Head from tbe line of tbe eye upwards, nape, lower part of the 

 back, rump, and upper tail-coverts pure white, the two central tail-feathers white at the base to about 

 one third of their length, the rest being brown, narrowly edged with brownish white; rest of the tail- 

 feathers white, some of the outer ones having obsolete pale brown markings near the tip ; back, wings, 

 and scapulars jet-black, the secondaries narrowly edged with white ; loral space, auriculars, throat, sides 

 of face and neck, and entire breast jet-black, rest of the underparts pure white, excepting the under 

 wing-coverts, which are black, here and there edged with white, the feathers on the edge of the wing 

 being broadly margined with that colour; beak and legs black; irides brown. Total length 6 - 7 inches, 

 culmen 0'92, wing 4-1, tail 32, tarsus 095. 



Adult Female (Nubia, February 1863). Head, neck, and back hair-brown, the latter shading off into dull 

 cream-colour on the lower part ; rump and upper tail-coverts pale cream-colour ; tail reddish cream- 

 coloured, the two central feathers having the terminal two thirds dark brown, edged with light brown, 

 the outer feather on each side with the terminal portion of the outer web, and a large spot on the 

 inner web, dark brown, the rest of the feathers having the terminal portion brown ; scapulars the same 

 as the back ; quills and wing-coverts dull brown, edged with brownish white ; entire underparts buffy 

 white, lighter on the chin and throat ; auriculars tinged with rufous ; sides of the body washed with 

 light brown ; beak and iris dark brown ; legs black. 



In the winter plumage the male has the black feathers on the back slightly edged with fulvous, and those 

 on the breast here and there edged with white ; in the female we can detect no difference. 



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