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CENANTHE ISABELLINA 



173. CEnanthe isabellina (Cretzschm.) THE ISABELLINE 

 WHEATEAR. 



SAXICOLA ISABELLINA Cretzschmar, Atlas zu Riippells Reise, Vogel, 



p. 52, pi. 34, b (1826 Nubia). 



Saxicola isabellina Riippell, Saunders, p. 21. 



DISTRIBUTION. England. Two. Female, Allonby (Cumberland) 

 Nov. 11, 1887 (H. A. Macpherson, Ibis, 1888, p. 149). Male, Rye 

 Harbour (Sussex) April 17, 1911 (N. F. Ticehurst, Brit. B., v, p. 74). 



DISTRIBUTION. Abroad. From steppes of south-east Russia, Asia 

 Minor and Syria to Turkestan, Tibet, Mongolia, east Siberia, and 

 north-west China ; wintering in north-east and east Africa, south 

 Arabia, and west India. Casual in south-east Europe, a few times 

 observed in Tunisia and Algeria. 



CENANTHE LEUCURA 



174. CEnanthe leucura leucura (Gm.) THE BLACK 

 WHEATEAR. 



TURDUS LEUCURUS Gmeliri, Syst. Nat., i, ii, p. 820 (1789 Gibraltar). 

 Saxicola leucura (Gm.), N. F. Ticehurst, Brit. B., m, p. 289. 



DISTRIBUTION. England. Male and female near Rye Harbour 

 (Sussex) seen Aug. 31, 1909, and shot Sept. 2 and 16 respectively 

 (ut supra}. 



DISTRIBUTION. Abroad. Portugal and Spain, Riviera, and, ap- 

 parently, in Sicily, but not in Greece. Replaced by a closely- 

 allied form in north-west Africa. 



SAXICOLA RUBETRA* 



175. Saxicola rubetra rubetra (L.) THE WHINCHAT. 



MOTACILLA RUBETRA Linnseus, Syst. Nat., ed. x, i, p. 186 (1758 Europe. 



Retricted typical locality : Sweden). 



Pratincola rubetra (Linnseus), Yarrell, i, p. 344 ; Saunders, p. 27. 



DISTRIBUTION. Great Britain. Summer-resident (April to Oct.), 

 somewhat local, but widely distributed and in many parts very 

 numerous. Rare Cornwall, very local Orkneys, a rarely observed 

 migrant only in Shetlands ; spring and autumn migrant Fair Isle ; 

 breeds very sparingly O. Hebrides. Ireland. Breeds locally through- 

 out Ulster and in north-east Mayo, Leitrim, Sligo, Roscommon and 

 Longford, scarcer in Louth, Dublin, Wicklow, and Clare; elsewhere 

 a rare migrant. Winters on rare occasions. 



* The usual name Pratincola dates from Koch, 1816, but cannot be used 

 because Schrank introduced it for the Pratincoles in 1798. (See note under 

 CEnanthe cenanthe. ) E .H. 



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