C O T I L E O B S O L E T A , « .
PA L E llOClv-AIARTIN.
CO T IL E O B SO I.K TA .
Cotìjle r u p e s tr is (n o n S co p .), R iip p . S y st. U e b e rs . p . 22 (1 8 4 5 ) ; V ie rtli. N a u in . 1855,
p. 4 71 ; H e u g l. S y st. U e b e rs . p . 17 ; E . C. T a y lo r, Ib is , 1 8 5 9 , p . 47 ; A d am s , liiis ,
1864, p . 1 4 ; H a r tm . J . f. O. 1 8 6 4 , p . 3 87 ; E. C. T a y lo r, I b is , 1867, p. 57.
Cohjle obsoleta. Cab. M u s . H e in . Tli. i. p, 50 (1850) ; H e u g l. O rn . N .O .-A fr. i. p. 163
(1 8 6 9 ) ; S b a rp e , R. Z. S. 1 8 7 0 , p. 3 0 1 ; S h e lley , I ln s , 1 8 7 1 , p . 1 3 6 ; id. l ì . E g y p t,
p . 1 23 (1 8 7 2 ) ; B la n f. I b i s , 1 8 7 3 , p. 2 1 4 ; D re s se r, B. E u r . iii. ji. 5 2 1 , p i. 165
(1875).
Cotìjle ca h irica , A . E . B re hm , J . f. O. 1853, p. 452, e t E x t r a li . p . 9 6 ; B la s iu s , Ib is,
1 8 6 1 , p . 295.
Cotijle cachirica, C. L. B re hm , N a um . 1 8 5 5 , p . 271.
C o ty le p a lu s tr i s (n e c S te p h .), T r i s t r . I b is , 1 8 6 7 , p. 3 63 ; W y a t t, I b is , 1 8 7 0 , p p . 2.
9, 12.
C oty le p a lu d ic o la (n e c V .), T r is tr . Ib is , 1869, p . 436.
Colile obsoleta. G ray , Haud-1. B . i. p. 74, n o . 8 7 6 (1 8 6 9 ) ; l l u m e , S tr . E. 1 8 7 6 ,
p . 4 0 ; S h a rp e , C a t. B ird s in B r i t . M u s . x . p . I l i (1885) ; Y c rb u ry , I b is , 1 8 8 6 , p. 14.
P tio n o p ro g n e p a l l id a , H um e , S tr . F . 1 8 7 3 , p p . 1, 4 1 7 ; B la iif. Ib is , 1 8 7 3 , p . 2 1 t .
Coty le {P tyo n o p ro g n e ) obsoleta, B la n f. E a s t. P c rs . ii. p . 217 (18 7 6 ).
P ty o n o p ro g n e obsoleta, l l u m e , S tr . F . 1879, p . 84 ; B u tle r , C a t. B . S in d &c. p. 13
(1879).
C. minor, pallida ; re c tric ib u s albo macula tis, duabus mcdiis e t ex tim is cxceptis ; subc auda libus s a tu r a te
b ru u n e is ; su b tù s pallide isabclìiua, abdomine sa tu ra tio re b iim n co j g u là baud maculatfi.
Hab. in Africà s ep ten trio n a li-o rieu ta li, in A rab ia e t iu Pa lre stina c t pe r te rra s litto ra le s Occaine ludica-
usquc ad provinciam Sindiauam.
A d u lt. Above ve ry pale g reyish broivn, d a rk on th e he ad aud nape ; wing-coverts aud quills d a rk e r
brown, with lig h t edgings to th e fe a the rs ; m tn p an d u p p e r ta il-cove rts very pa le g reyish brown ;
ta il-fe a the rs lig h t g reyish brown, with a white spot on th e in n e r web o f all th e f e a th e rs excejit th e
two middle and th e o u te r o n e s ; ch in w hitish, unsp o tted ; th ro a t and b re a s t white, with a very
fa in t fulvous tin g e ; u n d e r ta il-covc rts d a rk e r g reyish browu, with fa in t edgings o f pale brown ;
axiUaries pale b row n ; u n d e r wing-covcrts a little d a rk e r brown, w ith ru fe s c en t m a rg in s : “ hill
b la c k ; legs b row n ; iris d a rk b row u ” {G. E . Shelley). Total len g th 5 inches, eulmen 0 35,
wing -i-5, ta il 2 '1 , ta rsu s 0 '4 .