10 TURDIDJE. 



Cyanecula Sliecica. RED-SPOTTED BLUETIIROAT. 



Motacilla s v e c i c a, Linn. S. N. i. p. 336 (1766) . 

 Sylvia suecica, Naum. ii. p. 414. 

 Sylvia (Cyanecula) leucocyana, id. xiii. p. 373, 

 Ruticilla cyanecula, Macg. ii. p. 300. 

 Phcenicura suecica, Hewitson, p. 102; Yarr. ed. 2, i. p. 254; 



id. ed. 3, i. p. 264. 

 Cyanecula suecica, Gray, p. 59; Gould, ii. pi. 49; Harting, 



p. 102; Dresser, ii. p. 317. 

 Ruticilla suecica, Newton, i. p. 321. 

 Blue-throated Warbler, Yarr. ed. 1, i. p. 233. 



Suecica = Swedish. 



A xare accidental visitor, on spring and autumn migrations, 

 to England. Breeds in the arctic regions of Europe and 

 Asia ; found in the latter continent as far south as Kashmir. 

 Winters in Africa, India, and South China. 



Genus EEITHACUS, Cuvier, Le9. d'Anat. Comp. i. 

 tab. 2 (1800). 



EritMcus = epiOaicos, a solitary bird that could be taught to speak (Aristotle, 

 Hist. An. ix. 49 B, 4, &c. ; Pliny, Hist. Nat. x. 44). Perhaps akin to epevQu = 

 I make red. 



Erithacus rubecula, REDBREAST. 

 Motacilla Rubecula, Linn. S. N. i. p. 337 (1766). 



Sylvia rubecula, Naum. ii. p. 397. 



Erithacus rubecula, Macg. ii. p. 263; Newton, i. p. 305; 



Dresser, ii. p. 329. 

 Erythaca rubecula, Hewitson, p. 98 ; Yarr. ed. 2, i. p. 247 ; 



id. ed. 3, i. p. 257; Harting, p. 12. 

 Erythacus rubecula, Gray, p. 58 ; Gould, ii. pi. 48. 

 Redbreast, Yarr. ed. 1, i. p. 227. 



Rubecula = the little red bird, diminutive from rubeo = I am red. 



A common resident in the British Islands. Breeds in 

 temperate Europe, North Africa, and occasionally in South 

 Persia. From districts in which the winters are severe it 

 migrates southwards. 



