340 TTJRDID^. 



Blcack Redtail, Lath. Gen. Si/n. ii. p. 426 (1783, d"). 



Motacilla o-ibraltai-iensis, Gmel. Si/st. Nat. i. p. 987 (1788, ex Edwards) ; 

 Lath. Ind. Oni. ii. p. 513 (1790). 



Motacilla atrata, Gmel. Syst. Nat. i. p. 988 (1788, ex Lath.). 



Motacilla erithacus, Linn, apud Gmel. Si/st. Nat. i. p. 988 (1788) , 

 apud Bechst. Naturg. Deutschl. iv. p. 601 (1795). 



Sylvia erithacus {Linn.), apud Lath. Ind. Orn. ii. p. 513 (1790). 



Sylvia tythis (Scoj).), Bechst. Orn. Tnschenb. i. p. 179 (1802). 



Motacilla erythrourus, JRafin. Caraft. p. 6 (1810). 



Saxicola titliys (Scop.), Koch, Syst. haier. Zool. i. p. 186 (1816). 



Ruticilla atra, Brehm, Voy. Deutschl. p. 365 (1831)*. 



Riiticilla t\tys. [Scop.), Brehm, Vot/. Deutschl. p. 365 (1831)*; Heugl. 

 Orn. N.O.-Afr. i. p. 3-34 (1869); Neivt. ed. Yarr. Br. B. i. 

 p. .333 (1873) ; Dresser, B. Eur. pt. xxix. (1874) ; Irhy, B. Glhr. 

 p. 82 (1875) ; Blanf. East. Pers. ii. p. 166 (1876). 



Ruticilla atrata {Gmel.), Brehm, Voy. Deutschl. p. .366 (1831)*. 



Ruticilla gibraltariensis {Gmel), Brehm, Voy. Deutschl. p. 366 (1831)*. 



Sylvia tites {Scop.), ji. campylonyx, Hempr. et Ehr. Symb. Phys. 

 fol. dd (1833). 



Phoenicura titliys {Scop.), Gould, B. Eur. ii. pi. 96 (1837) ; Jard. 

 Sf Selby, HI. Orn. pi. 86. figs. 1 & 2 (1839). 



Lusciola tlutys {Scoj).), Keys. u. Bias. Wirb. Eur. pp. lix, 191 (1840). 



Sylvia thitys {Scop.), Werner, Atlas, Insectiv. pi. Ii. (1842). 



Lusciola tliitys {Scop.), Schl. Reo. Crit. p. xxxi (1844). 



Ruticilla tliitis {Scop.), JRiipp. Syst. Uebers. p. 57 (1845). 



Ruticilla tithys {Scop.), Gray, Gen.B. i. p. 180 (1846); Bp. Consp. i. 

 p. 296 (18o0) ; Cab. Mus. Hein. i. p. 2 (1850) ; Moore, P. Z. S. 

 1854, p. 25; Ileuyl. Syst. Uebers. p. 25 (1856); Jaub. et Barth.- 

 Lapomm. Mich. Orn. p. 231 ( 1859) ; Newt. List B. Eur. Blasius, 

 p. 10 (1862) ; Gould, B. Gt. Br. ii. pi. 52 (1863) ; Neioton, Bariny- 

 GouhTs Iceland, p. 409 (1863) ; Degl. et Gerbe, Orn. Eur. i. p. 440 

 (1867) ; Loche, Expl. Sci. Alr/er., Ois. i. p. 217 (1867) ; Gray, 

 Hand-l. B. i. p. 221. no. 3154 (1869); Doderl. Avif. Sicil. p. ll5 

 (1869) ; Harting, Handb. Br. B. p. l3 (1872); SMley, B. Egypt, 

 p. 83 (1872). 



RuticiUa cairii, Gerbe, Diet. Univ. d'Hist. Nat. xi. p. 259 (1848). 



Erithacus tithys {Scop.), Deyl. Orn. Eur. i. p. 504 (1849). 



Erithacus cairii {Gerbe), Degl. Orn. Eur. i. p. 507 (1849). 



Lusciola tithys {Scop.), Schl. Voy. Nederl. p. 156 (1854). 



Ruticilla montana, Brehm, Naum. 1855, p. 281. 



Lu.-^ciola (Ruticilla) erythaca {Linn.), apud Fritsch, Voy. Eur. p. 187 



(1870). 

 Ruticilla ochruros {Gmel), Boyd. B.Cattc. p. 96 (1879). 

 Ruticilla th;ii:is (Scop.), Finsch, Verh. zool-bot. Gesellsch. Wien, 

 p. 162 (1879). 



In the adult male in full autumn plumarie the general colour of 

 the upper parts is slate-grey ; a narrow line at the base of the 

 upper mandible, the lores, and chin are black ; quills brown, the 

 outside webs of the secondaries narrowly margined with white ; 

 wing-coverts and innermost secondaries slate-grey ; rump, upper 

 and under tail-coverts, and tail bright chestnut, except the two 

 centre tail-feathers, which are brown ; throat, breast, axiUaries, 

 and vender wing-coverts black, each feather more or less obscurely 

 margined with huffish brown, which is the colour of the belly and 



* See footnote, p. 336, which applies equally to these names. 



