12.^ 



BLACK WHEATEAR. 



The female only differs from the male in being 

 smaller, and having those parts which are black in the 

 male, of a more uniform brown, like the wings, and it 

 is darker on the back. 



■ The young of the year, according to Degland, resem- 

 ble the female, but the brown of the middle of the 

 abdomen is shaded with red; the wing feathers slightly 

 fringed with grey, the primaries being terminated by a 

 grey border, and the tail feathers with white. 



My figures of this bird and its egg are taken from 

 specimens kindly sent me by the Rev. H. B. Tristram, 

 obtained by him during his travels in Africa. 



It is also figured by Roux, Ornith. Prov., p. 197, 

 (male;) Gould, B. of E., p. 88; Bouteil, Ornith. du 

 Dauph, pi. 22, f. 1. 



