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The Birds of Gambia. 
all feathers iiaiTowly iiiarf^iiied with dull brown; lores, cheeks, ear-covert's 
and sides of neck dnll brown like the back ; remainder of under surface of 
the body bri>;ht orani;e, including the under win<i- and tail-coverts; wings 
dnll brown ; the two centre tail feathers dull brown, the rest bright orange' 
tile external feathers margined with brown on outer web. Length lO 
inches." 
Pentholaea albipons. \VinTE-I''UON"THD ni,.\CK CH.AT. 
Range. We.-st and N. I-:. .A frica. (//./..) 
P.alrala. .SEN EG.M\I I?I \N BI^.^CK CHAT. 
Range. Senegainbia (H.L.) 
Both of tliese Black Chats are not uncomuion in Gambia. They are 
black birds about the size and shape of a Whiiichat, which only differ 
from each other in the distribution of the small amount of white on the 
beads, albifrons having a wliile forehead, abala a white occiput. I have, I 
think, seen them at nearly all seasons, but they are distinctly more 
numerous during the winter months. Their habits are exactly those of the 
Wliinchat, and they are geneially found in the sott of places these birds 
affect. 
Pialincola rubicola. W H I N C H AT. 
Range. Plurope. A fi ica in winter. (H.L.) 
Whinchats aie common in (iambia from about November to March. 
They are found in pairs, or sinv;ly, in the old coi n fields and other open 
spaces; as active, restless little birds here as they are at home, flitting from 
bush to bush or perching on tiie tall stalks which remain standing, here 
and there about the fields. 
F. rubelra. STONKCHAT. 
Range. Europe. Africa in winter. (H.L.) 
I have not yet met this biid in the Gambia. 
Saxicola leiicon hoa. A larger and buffer form of 5. oenaiiihe. 
Range. Greenland and Eastern North America. Western Europe 
on migration. West Africa in winter. {H.L.) 
S. albicollis. BLACK-EARED WHEATEAR. 
Range. Western Mediterranean. Senegambia in winter. {H.L. 
A duskier bird than the common Wheatear o^'z/rtw/Z^i?/, and with a 
narrow black forehead and black ear-coverts. 
5. riifa. RUSSET WHEATEAR. 
Range. South Europe and North A frica. West Africa in winter. (H.L.) 
A ruddier bird than S". oenanlhe with an entirely white crown. 
Wlieatears are very comnion in the Gambia during the winter months, 
and when seen are obviously only wanderers, here to-day and gone to- 
moirow. One day one may find quite a number about the dry fields, the;, 
next not a single one is visible, though a day or two later one may again see 
them. I used to think that our birds were the ComniQu Wheatears, but.. 
