264 



Pratincole/, indica, Blyth, Swinhoe, P. Z. S. 1871, p. 360. no. 167, "China generally, Hainan, 



Formosa." 



(The above by Lord Walden.) 



Stone-Chat, Bush-Chat, Black-headed Bush-Chat, Furze-Chat, English ;' Cloichearan, Cla- 

 charan, Gaelic; Tarier rubicole, Traquet pdtre, French; Cartaxo, Portuguese; Cagaropa, 

 Spanish; Saltinpalo, Italian; Carhonicr Vistratra, in Savoy; Cacamarruggin, Sicilian; 

 BuciaJc, Maltese; schwarzkehliger Steinschmatzer, German; Booduorst-T'ajniit, Dutch; 

 Poklaskwa czarnoglowa, Polish ; Tschekkan tschernoc/nvostyi, Russian. 



Figures notabiles. 



D'Aubenton, PI. Enl. 678; Werner, Atlas, Insectivores, pi. 74; Kjserb. Orn. Dan. pi. xviii. ; 

 Fritsch, Vog. Eur. pi. 25. fig. 4 ; Sundevall, Sv. Fogl. pi. lxvi. tig. 3 ; Gould, B. of Eur. 

 pi. 04 ; id. B. of G. B. ii. pi. xlvii. ; Naum. Vog. Deutschl. pi. 90 ; Schlegel, Vog. Nederl. 

 pi. 92 ; Bettoni, Ucc. Lomb. tav. 66 ; Roux, Orn. Prov. pi. 202 ; Gould, B. of Asia, pt. xv. ; 

 Bechst. Orn. Taschenb. pi. 17. 



(■ nil. ii-st. capite, collo et dorso uigris, capitis et dorsi plurais vix brunneo apicatis : uropygio albo vix brunneo 

 notato: remigibus brunnescenti-nigris, in pogonio externo vix fulvido ruarginatis, secundariis intimis 

 ad basin et tectricibus alarum intimis albis speculum conspicuum formantibus, tectricibus alarum 

 reliquis aigricantibus : Cauda nigricante, rectricibus externis in pogonio externo pallide cervino mar- 

 ginatis : corpore subtus pallide rufescente, pectore saturatiore et abdominc pallidiore, collo latcrali 

 albo : rostro et pedibus nigris : iride brunnea. 



ml. /,{//. i.iiiii. prsecedenti similis, sed ubique sordidior, capitis et dorsi plurais conspicue fulvido marginatis, 

 plaga albida in collo laterali obscuriore et rufescente adumbrata. 



| '"/. esst. supr.a nigrieanti-brunnea, plumis omnibus rufescente brunneo marginatis : collo laterali albido, 

 rufescente notato: speculo minore quam in mari : corpore subtus pallide et sordide rufescente, vix 

 ochraceo adumbrato : guise plumis ad basin uigricantibus et ad apieem sordide rufescentibus. 



I'iiIIiis supra nigiieanti-brunneus, oehrascentc brunneo striatus : supracaudalibus rufescentibus : remigibus 

 brunneis ; primariis vix rufescente cervino marginatis, secundariis et tectricibus alarum conspicue 

 eodem colore marginatis : corpore subtus ochraceo, vix rufescente adumbrato : gutture et pectore 

 indistincte brunneo striatis. 



Adult Mule (Hampstead, May 1870). Head, throat, face, nape, and back black; the head, nape, and back 

 having the feathers slightly edged with brown; rump white, slightly marked with brown and black; 

 quills blackish brown, slightly edged on the outer web with fulvous ; innermost secondaries at the base 

 and a portion of the inner wing-coverts pure white, forming a conspicuous alar patch, rest of the wing- 

 coverts darker than the quills ; tail blackish brown, the outermost feather having the outer web edged 

 with dull light buff; underparts light rufous, darker on the breast, and lighter on the abdomen; sides 

 of the neck pure white ; bill and legs black ; iris brown. Total length 5h inches, culnien 0'55, wing 2 - 55, 

 tail 2 0, tarsus 0'85. 



Adult Female in autumn (Macedonia, 13th September). Differs from the spring plumage iu having the 

 black feathers tipped broadly with brown, and thus obscured; the white on the sides of the neck is 



