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L. suecica magna (Sarndny and Loudoun). Throat blue with- 

 out any spot, or only faint indications of white. Win;^ 82. Tarsus 

 28. r.ill (from feathers) 17-1, (from gape) 18-3 (H.). 



Breeds. — S.W. Persia, Arabistan, Arn^nia. Occurs Egypt on 

 spring passage. 



Erithacus. 



Like "Luscinia" but tail square or slightly emargi- 

 nate, middle tail feathers usually slightly shorter than the 

 rest. 



Erithacus rubecula rubecula (L.). Redbreast. Fr. 

 Rouge -gorge; Ger. Rotlikchlchen ; Ital. Pettirosso ; Siued. 

 Rodhake-Sangaren. 



(^ $ Above olive brown, upper tail coverts slightly rusty 

 brown ; frontal band, face, throat, and breast orange red ; 

 abdomen white ; sides of neck and breast blue grey ; flanks 

 tinged olive brown. Bill blackish brown, pale below at base. 

 Legs and feet brown. Wing ^ 70-75, 9 68-73. Tarsus 24-26. 

 Bill 8-10. Young : no red breast, brown above with yellowish 

 spots, buff below with dark markings. 



Breeds. — Continental Europe north to about Arctic Circle, 

 east to Urals ; and S.W. Siberia, Sicily, Azores. Resident 

 Madeira, Gomera, Hierro, Palma (Canary Islands). Partial 

 migrant elsewhere ; occurs on passage liritain, Mediterranean 

 Coasts and Isles, Egypt, N.W. Africa. Many winter S. and C. 

 Europe. 



B. rubecula melophilus Hartert. Above darker and more 

 olive with a rufous tinge ; beneath orange red much darker, olive 

 brown of flanks deeper and broader leaving less white on 

 abdomen ; upper tail coverts rufous brown. ^\'ing (^ 70-77, 

 ? 69-74. 



Breeds. — British Isles, Portugal. Partial migrant; has 

 occurred in winter Italy, N.W. Africa, Algeria; and "ringed 

 birds" S. Holland and S.W. France. 



E. rubecula sardus Kleinschmidt. Darker above than 

 "rubecula," more olive coloured, upper tail coverts like back. 

 Breeds. — Sardinia and Corsica. 



