1875.] THE PHILIPPINE AECHIPELAGO. 357 



SAXICOLID/E. 

 MoNTicoLA, Boie. 



103. MONTICOLA SOLITARIA. 



Turdtis soUtarms, L. S. MuUer, N. S. Suppl. p. 142, no. 46 (1776). 



Monticola eremita (Gm.), v. Martens, J. f. O. 1866, p. 9, no. 18. 



Monticola mamllensis (Gra.), v. Martens, torn. cit. p. 10, no. 19 ; conf. Sharpe & Dresser, 

 Birds of Europe, Append. ; Walden, Tr. Zool. Soc. viii. p. 63*; Walden & Layard,^ Ibis, 1872, 

 p. lOlf. 



Ilah. Luzon, January ; Guimaras, March {Meyer) ; Negros, March {L. C. Layard). 



One Guimaras individual ( <3 fide Meyer) is in perfect unspotted bhie and rufous plumage. 

 Another, also a male by the label, is in blue and rufous plumage, but has the occiput sullied by 

 brown feathers, some of the breast-feathers edged with albescent and some of the rufous 

 abdominal plumage edged with Hue. The Luzon bird is generally rufous and blue, but with 

 many of the feathers edged with albescent or brown, noted a male on the label. The dimensions 

 of all three agree with examples from Japan. 



Pratincola, Koch. Tr. Z. S. ix. 



p. 193. 



104. Pratincola caprata. 



Euhetra lucionensis, Brisson, Orn. iii. p. 442, no. 30, " Isle de Lu^on." 



Motacilla capmta, Linn. S. N. i. p. 335, no. 33 (1766), ex Brisson ; v. Martens, J. f. O. 

 1866, p. 10, no. 22; Walden, Tr. Zool. Soc. viii. p. 03, no. 72*. 



Traquet de I'isU de Lufon, D'Aubenton, PL Enl. 235. fig. 1 d , fig. 2 2 . 



Saxicola fruUcola, Horsf. Tr. Linn. Soc. xiii. p. 157, "Java" (1820). 



Saxicola hicolor, Sykes, P. Z. S. 1832, p. 92, no. 90, 6 , " Dukhun." 



Saxicola erytliropygia, Sykes, I. c. no. 92, $ . 



Motacilla syhatka, Tickell, J. A. S. B. 1833, p. 575, " Jungles of Borabhum and Dolbhum." 



Saxicola melaleiica, Ilodgs. Gray's Zool. Misc. p. 83, "Nipaul" (1S44) {descr. nulla). 



Hah. Luzon {Jaijor). 



The type of the following species is stated by Brisson to have been sent from the Philippines 

 to M. Aubrey. It has not been since recorded as inhabiting these islands, and appears to be 

 restricted to Ceylon and peninsular India. 



Bubetra pJiilippinensis, Brisson, Orn. iii. p. 444, no. 31, "Philippines." 



Motacilla (Thamnobia) fiilicata,Lm\i. S. N. i. p. 336, no. 39, ex Brisson. 



Le Traquet noir des PhiU])pines, D'Aubenton, PI. Enl. 185. fig. 1. 



Autre Traquet des Phili])]}ines, Buff'ou, Hist. Nat. Ois. v. p. 230. 



* ]_Antea, p. 1G5.— Ed.] t [Anted, p. 119.— Ec] 



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