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SYLVIADJ2. 



SYL VIAD^E. 



DENTIROSTRES. 



THE STONECHAT. 



Saxicola rubicola. 



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



Motacilla MONT. Ornith. Diet. 



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



Saxicola FLEM. Brit. An. p. 68. 



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



JENYNS, Brit. Yert. p. 121. 



GOULD, Birds of Europe. 



Traquet rubicole, TEMM. 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. 



