8 TURDID^E. 



Pratincola rubicola. STOKECHAT. 



Motacilla Rubicola, Linn. S. N. i. p. 332 (1766). 

 Saxicola rubicola, Naum. iii. p. 884; Hewitson, p. 107; Yarr. 



ed. 2, i. p. 268; id. ed. 3, i. p. 278; Newton, i. p. 339; 



Harting, p. 13. 



Fruticicola rubicola, Macg. ii. p. 279. 

 Pratincola rubicola, Gray, p. 56 ; Gould, ii. pi. 47 ; Dresser, 



ii. p. 263. 

 Stonechat, Yarr. ed. 1, i. p. 245. 



Eubicola = that inhabits bramble-bushes, from rubus + colere. 



A resident throughout the greater part of the British 

 Islands. A summer visitor to the rest of Europe as far east 

 as the Volga. Winters in Africa, where a few remain to 

 breed. 



Genus RUTICILLA, C. L. Brehm, Isis, 1828, p. 1280. 



Euticilla = a little red (bird), diminutive of ruticulus, from rutllus red. 



Euticilla phcenicurus. EEDSTAET. 



Motacilla Phoenicurus, Lmn. S. N. i. p. 335 



(1766). 



Sylvia phonicurus, Naum. iii. p. 510. 



Ruticilla phcenicurus, Macg. ii. p. 305 ; Newton, i. p. 329; 



Dresser, ii. p. 277. 

 Phcenicura ruticilla, Hewitson, p. 104; Yarr. ed. 2, i. p. 259; 



id. ed. 3, i. p. 269. 

 Ruticilla phsenicura, Gray, p. 57. 

 Ruticilla phcenicura, Gould, ii. pi. 51 ; Harting, p. 12. 

 Redstart, Yarr. ed. 1, i. p. 237. 



Phoenicurus = 6 Qoiviicovpos, the redtail, in Aristotle, Hist. An. ix. 49 B, 4 ; 

 from 0oiVi = purple-red, and ovpd the tail. 



A regular summer migrant, breeding in all the counties of 

 Great Britain. Rare in Ireland. Common throughout tem- 

 perate Europe and Asia, as far east as the Yenisei. Winters 

 in Africa and Persia. 



