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neck. The grey of the upper surface of the body is paler than in G. 
gl. brandti and tinged with — cinnamon (not vinous). The throat is dirty 
whitish tinged with isabelline, the foreneck pale cinnamon, inclining to 
buff in one specimen, the rest of the lower surface is greyish, strongly 
suffused with buff or isabelline (not vinous red as in G. gl. brandti). 
The under wing — coverts are cinnamon. Lesser upper wing — coverts grey 
with cinnamon brown ends, median wing — coverts darker cinnamonbrown 
(not inclining to chestnut as in G. gl. brandti). — Length of wing 
176 — 180. — Upper mandible of bill very strongly hooked. Length of 
culmen 30 — 31 mm. Ausserdem besass ich noch 2 Exemplare (männlch 
und weiblich) aus dem Kenteigebirge, also etwas östlicher in der Mongolei 
gelegen, die sich genau in der bereits beschriebenen Weise kennzeichneten. 
2. Saxicola oenanthe argentea nov. subsp. Bura 
(n : o 137), (n : o 140), 18. VI. 08. Kjachta, according to label 
but no doubt, (n : o 133) 15. V. 08 according to label 
but no doubt, (n : o 132) 26. V. 08. Kiran (n : o 131) 
26. V. 08. 
Specimens 131, 132 and 133 are undoubtedly old males and they 
differ from typical Swedish specimens of Saxicola oenanthe by their lighter 
colour of the upper parts which may be termed silverly grey in n : o 131 
even mixed with white in the middle of the back. This “silvery” shade 
is increased by the some what silky appearence in some lights of the 
grey feathers of the head and back. The forehead has more white, and 
the white eyebrow — stripe is broader than in average Swedish specimens. 
The lower parts are white, suffused with a slight buffish tint on the upper 
breast extending over a semilunar area from the black ear — coverts and 
leaving the throat pure white. The female is a little paler than Swedish 
specimens. (Dr. Ottosson has informed me that the eggs of this race 
ave smaller than those of typical Swedish birds.) Length of wing of the 
males which are inuch worn measure resp. 97, 98 and 99 mm. The 
bill is larger than in Swedish specimens the culmen measuring 
16 — 17 mm. — 
In his monograph on “Saxicola Borealis” (“Berajah” 1905) Klein- 
schmidt has mentioned among what he calls “Formae subtiles” a pale 
race from Turkestan (1. c. p. 5). It is possible that this is the same as 
the one described and named above. 
Wie die Fundorte besagen, hat dieser Steinschmätzer, unserer grauen 
Art gemäss, sein Brutrevier nicht ausschliesslich auf Felsen, sondern er ist 
überall, sei es in der Ebene, in der wirklichen Wüste, in den Gebirgen 
oder in Sumpfgegenden zu finden. Anfangs sah ich die schreienden Vögel 
überhaupt nicht, weil sie am Eingänge der Erdlöcher verdeckt, sich 
sitzend aufhielten. Durch langes Beobachten bin ich dann dahinter 
