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(and naturally enough,) with the birds of the wheatear kind, (Saxico- 

 lince,) and it would hardly appear very natural to arrange the 

 nightingale in a group which takes its name from so dissimilar a species 

 as the wheatear, although the wheatear and the nightingale also might 

 both range quite naturally as " birds of the robin kind." I propose, 

 therefore, first, that the Linnaean specific name of the robin-redbreast, 

 (Rubecttla) should be employed as a generic name, to denote the red- 

 start and robin genus, and that the term Phcenicura (or red-tail, which 

 has been used to designate this genus,) should be consequently aban- 

 doned as objectionable, inasmuch as it is quite inapplicable to the 

 redbreast, the most conspicuous member of the genus ; and secondly, 

 that instead of Saxicolince, or birds of the wheatear kind, the group 

 should be denominated Rubectdinfe, or birds of the robin kind ; a 

 general appellation which should comprise the nightingale genus, 

 Philomela. 



According to this view, the following, I think, appears a natural 

 arrangement of the British Rubeculince and Sylmanae, two of the sub- 

 divisions of the major group, Sylmadce. 



BRITISH BIRDS OF THE KOBIN KIND. 



Sylviadce Ritbeculinae. 

 Genus Philomela; Nightingale. 

 The common nightingale . . . Ph. luscinia 



Genus Rubecula ; Robin. 



The robin-redbreast . . . . R. fam'diaris 



The black redstart . . . R. tithys 



The common redstart .. . . R. arborea 



Genus Saxicola ; Wheatear. 

 The common wheatear . . . . S. cenanlhe 



Genus Rubetra ; Chat. 



The whinchat . . . . R. migratoria 



The stonechat . . . . . R. rnbicola 



BRITISH BIRDS OF THE WARBLER KIND. 



Sylviadoe Sylviance. 



Genus Ficedula ; Fructivorous warbler, or Fauvette. 



The garden fauvette, or garden warbler . F. hortensis 



The blackcap . . . . F. atricapilla 



The babillard . . . . F. garrula 



The whitethroat . . . F. cinerea 



The furze fauvette, or Dart ford warbler ' . F. nlicicola 



