9. EUTICILLA. 339 



Buticilla bonapartii, Von M'dll. Beitr. Orn. Afr. pi. xiv. (1853). 

 Kuticilla mesoleuca {Hempr. et Ehr.), Cab. Journ. Orn. 1854, p. 446; 



Hart. Or7i. W.-Afr. p. U8 (1857); Hem/l. Orn. N.O.-Afr.i. p. 333 



(18(J9) ; Gray, Iland-l. B. i. p. 221. iio.'3157 (1869); Dresser, B. 



Eur. pt. liv. (1876) ; Sclafer ly Taylor, Ibis, 1876, p. 04 ; Danford, 



Ibis, 1878, p. 14; Seebohm, B.Z.8. 1878, p. 979; Boyd. B. Cauc. 



p. 95 (1879). 

 Ruticilla luarginella, Bonap, Compt. Rend, xxxviii. p. 8 (1854). 

 Ruticilla plioeuicura {Linn.), aptid Heuyl. Syst. Uebers. p. 25 (1856) ; 



apud Blanf. Geol. ^ Zool. Abyss, p. 358 (1870). 

 Ruticilla pectoralis, Heiigl. Journ. Orn. 1863, p. 1G5. 

 Ruticilla mesomela, Hempr. et Ehr., Jide Locke, Expl. Sci. Alger., 



Ois. i. p. 217 (1867). 



This species is very closely allied to E. plioniicura. The male 

 differs from the Western bird iu having the outside webs of the 

 secondaries more or less broadly margined with white. The female 

 resembles that of the nearly allied species, but is slightly darker on 

 both the upper and under parts, and is intermediate between it and 

 the female of 11. tithys. Wings with the third, fourth, and fifth 

 primaries nearly equal and longest, second primary about equal to 

 the sixth, bastard primary 0-SG to 0-G inch. Length of wing 3"2 to 

 2-84 inches, tail 2-45 to 2-16, culmen 0-54 to '0-5, tarsus 0-9 

 to 0-75. 



The seasonal changes resemble those of the preceding plumage. 

 Younc/ in first plumage are somewhat darker in the colour both of 

 the upper and under parts than is the case in the nearly allied 

 species. 



Ehreuberg's Redstart breeds in the Caucasus, Asia Minor, and 

 Algiers, and winters in \Yestern Arabia, Abyssinia, and Senegal. 



a. cJ ad. sk. Giaour Keuv, April 22, F. Godman and 0. Salviu, 



1876 (C. G. Danford). Esqrs. [P.J. 



b. (S ad. sk. Epliesus, Asia Minor. H. J. Elwes, Esq. [P.]. 

 c,d. cJ 2 ad. sk. Mount Carniel. Canon Tristram [C.]. 



e. d ?-d. sk. Senaf6, 7500 ft., Feb. 26, W. T. Blanford, Esq. [C.]. 



1868. 

 /. c? ad. sk. Senegambia. M. Yerreaux. 



3. Ruticilla tithys. 



The Grey Redstart, Edu-ards. Nat. Hist. B. p. 29, pi. xxix. (1741). 

 Le Rossiguol de muraille de Gibraltnv, Briss. Orn. iii. p. 407 (1760). 

 Le Rouge-queue, Briss. Orn. iii. p. 409 (1760); Buff. Hist. Nat. Ois. 



V. p. 180 (1778). 

 Motacilla pha?nicurus, /3. titys, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. p. 335 (1766). 

 Sylvia tithys, Scop. Ann. i. p. 157 (17r'9) ; Liit/i. Ind. Orn. ii. p. 512 

 '(1790);'i)'«As/. Orn. TuscIienb.\.^.\lQ(lS02); Wolf. Tasrhenh. 



i. p. 241 (1810): Temtn. Man. d'Orn. p. 117 (1815)"; Vieill. N. 



Diet. d'Hist. Nat. xi. p. 269 (1817); Temm. Man. d'Orn. i. p. 218 



(1820) ; Mendtr. Cat. Bais. Cauc. p. 35 (1832) ; Nordm. Dvmid. 



Voy. Bliss, merid. iii. p. 134 (1840). 

 Motacilla ochrura, F. G. Gmelin, Beis. Bussl. iii. p. 101, pi. xix. 



fig. 3 (1774) ; Gniel. Sy.sf. Nat. i. p. 978 (1788, c.r F. G. Gmelin). 

 Le Rouge-queue gris, Bvff. Hist. Nat. Ois. v. p. 177 (1778). 

 Redtail, ZrtM. Gen. Si/n. ii. p. 425 (1783, $). 



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