248 SAXICOLINiE. 



GENUS IV. SAXICOLA. STONECHAT. 



Bill of moderate length, straight, slender, depressed at the 

 base, compressed toward the end, the tip declinate, with a 

 slight sinus ; tarsi rather long, slender, with a long plate and 

 four inferior scutella ; toes rather short, slender ; claws rather 

 long, moderately arched, acute ; wings long, broad, the first 

 primary a fourth of the length of the second, the second, third, 

 and fourth longest, and nearly equal ; tail of moderate length, 

 nearly even. 



1. Saxicola (Enantlie. White-runiped Stonechat. IMale ash- 

 grey above, with a black band on the sides of the head, the rump 

 and upper tail-coverts white. Female with the upper parts 

 brownish-grey, a brown band on the cheek, the rump as in 

 the male. 



GENUS V. RUTICILLA. REDSTART. 



Bill rather short, slender, a little depressed at the base, com- 

 pressed towards the end, the tip slightly declinate, with a slight 

 sinus ; tarsi moderately long, very slender, anteriorly with a long 

 plate and three inferior scutella ; toes rather long, very slender ; 

 claws rather long, moderately arched, very slender, acute. 



1. Ruticllla Cyanecula. Blue-throated Redstart. Male with 

 the upper parts wood-brown, the fore-neck and breast marked 

 with ultramarine blue, wdiite and light red. Female similar, 

 the throat blue, with a curved blackish-line. 



2. Buticilla Phoenicurus. White-fronted Redstart. Male 

 with the middle of the forehead white, its anterior part, the 

 cheeks, and throat, black, hind-head and back ash-grey. Fe- 

 male with the upper parts reddish-grey, the throat reddish- 

 white. In both sexes the breast, rump, and tail light red. 



3. Rutic'dla Tithys. Black-hreasted Redstart. Male with 

 the upper parts ash-grey ; the throat and part of the breast 

 black. Female with the upper and lower parts grey, the 

 throat whitish. In both sexes the rump and tail light red. 



