STONECHAT. 



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liXSESSORES. 



DENTIROSTRES. 



SYLVlADyE. 



J,""^^^'' 



THE STONECHAT. 



Sylvia rubicola, The Stonechat, Penn. Brit. Zool. vol. i. p. 526. 

 ,, Mont. Ornitli. Diet. 



,, Bewick, Brit. Birds, vol. i. p. 278. 



Motacilla 

 Saiicola 



„ Flem. Brit. An. p. 68. 



,, Selby, Brit. Ornith. vol. i. p. 185. 



,, Jevyns, Brit. Vert. p. 121. 



,, Gould, Birds of Europe, pt. vi. 



Traquet rubicole, Tejim. Man. d'Ornith. vol. i. p. 246. 



Saxicola. Generic Characters. — Beak straight, slender, the base rather 

 broader than high, surrounded with a few stiff hairs ; the superior ridge of the 

 upper mandible prominent, the sides towards the point compressed : the point 

 itself curved and indented. Nostrils basal, lateral, oval, half closed by a 

 membrane. Wings — the first quill-feather about half as long as the second ; 

 the second shorter than the third or the fourth, which are the longest in the 

 wing. Feet — the tarsus rather long, three toes in front, one behind ; the outer 

 toe connected by a membrane to the middle toe ; claw of the hind toe short, 

 strong, and curved. 



