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55. Saxicola melanoleuca (Giild.). 
The Black-throated Wheatear, the Eastern form of 
S. stapazina (Vieill.), is evidently a visitor at the migration 
seasons to the island, but, so far, seems only to have been 
noticed in the spring. 
As S. stapazina, , the Busset Chat, it is mentioned by 
Lord Lilford as having been met with by him only once in 
the island ; Muller records three adults taken in spring; 
Guillemard obtained an adult male in the Karpas district on 
March the 23rd, 1888; Glaszner sent five birds to Madarasz 
collected in the Larnaca district in March and April; and 
Mr. Baxendale sent me a male shot near Papho on the 2nd 
of April, 1909. 
56. Saxicola albicollis (Vieill.). 
Saxicola amphileuca Ehr. 
The Black - eared Wheatear has been less frequently 
noticed than the preceding species, though it appears to be 
a similar migrant, and has hitherto only been recorded in 
spring. 
As S. aurita Temm. Muller mentions an adult male ob¬ 
tained in spriug ; it was not observed by Lord Lilford or his 
collectors, but Glaszner sent two adult males to Madarasz, 
taken near Larnaca on the 19th and 22nd of March, 1902. 
Mr. Baxendale sent me a male, shot near Papho on 
April the 2nd, 1909. 
According to Madarasz, the specimens sent to him belong 
to the Eastern form S. amphileuca Ehr., and not to the 
Western S. albicollis (Vieill.). Doubtless the others recorded 
belonged to the same type. 
57. Saxicola finschi Ileugl. 
One would expect to find the Arabian Wheatear a resident, 
or at any rate a summer visitor to Cyprus; but from the 
information at present available it would appear to be a 
winter visitor. Muller mentions an adult male received from 
the island; Guillemard thought it rare, and on both his visits 
only noticed it on some six occasions, the single specimen 
he obtained having been shot in mid-February 1888, not 
