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point, the question cannot now be considered an open one, as the 
fact of the distinctness of the two species is quite settled. 
148. Saxicola deserti. 
Saxicola deserti , Temm. PI. Col. 359, f. 2 : Strickl. P. Z. S. 
1850, p. 216 : Blanf. & Dresser, P. Z. S. 1874, p. 224. 
Saxicola atrogularis, Blytb, J. A. S. B. xvi. p. 130. 
a £ Kartoum, Oct. 1848 (J. Petherick) 1848. — b N. India 
(Stevens) 1850. 
149. Saxicola leucomela. 
Motacilla leucomela , Pall. N. Comm. Petr. xiv. p. 584. t. 22. 
f. 3. 
Saxicola leucomela , Temm. Man. d’Orn. i. p. 243 : Blanf. & 
Dresser, P. Z. S. 1874, p. 225. 
Saxicola lugens, Licht. Yerz. Doubl. p. 33. 
a (Askew) 1837. 
Asia and N. E. Africa. 
150. Saxicola morio. 
Saxicola morio, Ehr. Symb. Phys. fol. aa : Blanf. & 
Dresser, P. Z. S. 1874, p. 225. 
Saxicola leucomela, Jerd. B. Ind. ii. p. 131 (nec Pallas). 
a $ Siberia (J. F. Brandt) 1846. 
151. Saxicola picata. 
Saxicola picata, Blyth, J. A. S. B. xvi. p. 131 : Blanf. & 
Dresser, P. Z. S. 1874, p. 227. 
a, — b. N. India (TP. J. E. Boys) 1847. 
152. Saxicola leucura. 
Turdus leucurus, Gm. Syst. Nat. i. p. 820. 
Saxicola leucura, Blanf. & Dresser, P. Z. S. 1874, p. 228. 
a Dalmatia (L. Coulon) 1836. 
153. Saxicola opistholeuca. 
Saxicola opistholeuca, Strickland, Contr. Orn. 1849, p. 60. 
t. 13 : Blanf. & Dresser, P. Z. S. 1874, p. 229. 
a N. India ( W. J. E. Boys) 1848. 
Probably the type of the species, at one time in Mr Sclater’s 
collection. 
