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SEEBOHMS WHEATEAR. SAXICOLA SEEBOHMI.
Natural History Books - A Manual Of Palaearctic Birds Vol I By H. E. DRESS
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Saxicola seebohmi, Dixon, Ibis. 1882, p. 563, pi. xiv. Dresser, ix. p. 23, pi. 636 ; Koenig, J. f. 0. 1895, p. 185, Tabb. iii., v. fig. 2.

ad. (Algeria). Upper parts as in S. cenanthe, but the wings and dark portion of the tail are black, the lores, chin, sides of the head below the eye and the throat are black ; rest of the under parts white ; axillaries and under wing-coverts black edged with white at the tip ; bill and legs black ; iris dark brown. Culmen 0*68, wing 3’87, tail 2’45, tarsus 1’05 inch. The female resembles S. cenanthe, but is bro*wner in colour. The young male differs from the adult in having the upper parts tinged with sandy buff, the black on the throat less extended, the wings brownish black, and the under parts dull white.
Hob. Algeria.
Frequents desolate, stony localities, and is not shy. Nothing is as yet known of its nidification.

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