11. 8.VX1C0LA. 387 



tlie whole of the white feathers (except those of the rump, upper 

 tail-coverts, and tail) suifused with huff, the wing-coverts and 

 innermost secondaries broadly edged with buff, the quills narrowly 

 tipped with buff, and the tail-feathers narrowly tipped with white. 

 YoiiiKj ill first idumage resemble the female of the year, but have 

 obscure ])ale centres and dark terminal bars to the feathers of the 

 throat, breast, crown, and back. 



The Eastern form of the lilack-throated Chat breeds in Italy, 

 Greece, South Russia, Asia Minor, Palestine, and South Persia ; it 

 passes through Egypt and Nubia on migration, and probably winters 

 in Central Africa. 



a. S «d. sk. Smyrna {Dr. Kriiper). Consul Merlin [P.]. 



6, f . cj ; d. 5 ad. Smyrna {Dr. Kriiper). 11. B. Sharps, Esq. 



sk. 



e. (S , f. Juv. sk. Anascha, Taurus, Asia Mi- F. Godman and O. Sal- 



uor, April 1875 (C. G. vin, Escp-s. [P.]. 



Danford). 



g. (S ad. sk. Mount Carmel, March 26, F. Godman and 0. Sal- 



18(j4 {Trish-am). xin, Esqrs. [P.]. 



/(. 5ad.sk. Surghaga, Palestine. Canon Tristram fC.]. 



i. 5 ad. sk. Nazareth. Canon Tristram [C.]. 



A-. cJad. sk. Hills near Merone, Palestine. Canon Tristram [C.]. 



The synonymy of the Western form is as follows : — 



20. Saxicola stapazina. 



The Red or Russet-cobiured Wheatear ( J parfim, nee J ), Edicards, 



Nat. Hist. B. p. 31, pi. xxxi. (1743). 

 Le Ciil-blanc roux (c? partim, nev J), Briss. Orn. iii. p. 450 (17G0). 

 Le Motteux, ou Cul-blauc roux {cS partim, nee $ ), Buff. Hist. Nat. 



Ois. V. p. 240 (1778). 

 Russet "Wheatear ( ^partim, nee $ ), Lath. Gen. Si/n. ii. p. 468 (1783). 

 Motacilla stapazina, Linit^ (J partim, nee 5 ), apud Gmel. Si/st, 



Nat. i. p. 966 (1788). 

 Svlvia stapazina (liim.) (cj parfim, nee J ), apud Lath. Ind. Orn. ii. 

 'p. 530 (1790); (cJ nee ^)apml Tenun. Man. d'Orn. p. 137 (1815). 

 Vitiflora rufa ( cJ partim. nee J ), Steph. Shaw's Gen. Zuol. x. p. 5(j9 



(1817) ; Brehni, Vdf/. Detitsvld. p. 40() {\f<o\, partim). 

 (Enanthe stapazina [Linn.), apud Vieill. N. Diet. d'Hist. Nat. xxi. 



p. 425 (1818). 

 Saxicola stapazina (Linn.), ap^id Tetmn. Man. d'Orn. i. p. 239 (1820, 



partim); apud .\Iei/er, Tasehenb. Zus. u. ^^r. p. 98 (1822, partim); 



apud Gould, B. Eur. ii. pi. xci. {IS'-iJ, partim) ; apud Bp. t'<nisp. i. 



p. 303 (\f>'M, partim): apud Cab. Mus. Hein. i. p. 10 (\^',Q, parfim) ; 



apud Jauh. et Barth.-Lapomm. Bieh. Orn. p. 224 (1859); apud 



Newt. List B. Eur. Biasing, p. 10 {ISii'J, partim) ; apud Degl. et 



Gerl)e, Orn. Eur. i. p. 454 {\S\J7 , parfim) ; apud Loehe, E.vpl. Sei. 



Alger., Ois. i. p. 204 (1867); apud Gra>i, Hand4. B. i. p. 224. 



no. 3207 (18t;9, partim); apud Irbi/, B. Gibr. p. 79 (1875). 

 Vitillom stapazina (IJnn.), apud Bote, Jsis, 1822, p. 552; a2nid 



Brehm, Vvgelf. p. 224 ( 1855). 

 Saxicola atrogularis, Dubois, Ois. Eur. pi. h-i. (1802, ttec Bli/fh). 

 Saxicola rufa (Brt-hni), apud Blunf. i^'- Dresser, P. Z. S. 1874, p. 221 



(1874, nee V.nifa, Stephens, 1817, ajutd B. ^- D. !!) ; apud Dresser, 



B. Eur. pt. XXV. (1874). 



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