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Show 218 MESSRS. BLANFORD AND DRESSER ON [Apr. 21, 37. bifasciata, Tern. Brown ; throat and upper breast black ; supercilium, lower breast, and abdomen rufous ; tail entirely black. C. Interscapulary region similarly coloured to wing-coverts. a. Throat black. 9. deserti, Riipp. Upper parts sandy brown; lower parts from breast rufescent white; terminal half of outer tail-feathers black ; tail-coverts whitish. 8. xanthoprymna, Ehr. Upper parts cinereous brown ; lower parts from breast whitish ; tips of outer tail-feathers alone black ; tail-coverts ferruginous. b. Throat white ; breast and crown black. 36. pileata, Gm. Back reddish brown; rump ferruginous; abdomen whitish. c. N o black on underparts. 32. albicans, Wahlb. General colour pale isabelline grey above, white below; tail-coverts and base of all the tail-feathers white; second primary not emarginate at the tip. 33. schlegeli, Wahlb. General colour pale isabelline grey above, white below; outer edges of external rectrices white ; rump white ; second primary emarginate at the tip. 18. isabellina, Riipp. Sandy brown above, isabelline below ; tail-coverts and base of outer tail-feathers white. 20. botta, Bon. Dull dark brown above ; throat white ; breast and abdomen ferruginous ; base of outer tail-feathers white. Wing 375. 21. heuglini, Finsch. Dark brown above; throat white; breast and abdomen ferruginous; base of outer tail-feathers white. Wing 3*35. 19. chrysopygia, De Fil. Hair-brown above, brownish white below ; tail-coverts rufous; base of outer rectrices ferruginous ; first long primary not emarginate. 34. galtoni, Strickl. Upper parts dark brown, lower parts pale brown ; tail-coverts and base of outer rectrices ferruginous ; first long primary not emarginate. 35. sinuata, Sund. Upper parts brown, lower parts pale ashy brown; rump and extreme basal portion of rectrices rufous ; first long primary very deeply emarginate near the tip. 1. PAL^EARCTIC SPECIES (all migratory). 1. SAXICOLA CENANTHE. Motacilla cenanthe, L. Syst. Nat. ed. 12, vol. i. p. 332. no. 15 (1766). Motacilla vitiflora, Pall. Zoog. Ros.-As. i. p. 472.no. 112 (1811). (Enanthe cinerea, Vieill. Nouv. Diet. xxi. p. 418 (1818). Le Motteux de Senegal, Buff. Ois. vi. p. 136, pi. 583. fig. 2 (1783). Motacilla leucorhoa, G m . Syst. Nat. i. p. 966 (ex Buff.) (1788). Saxicola rostrata, Ehr. Symb. Phys. Av. fol. aa (1829). |