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Genus CYANOSYLVIA The generic name Cyanosylvia was 

 given to the Red-spotted Blue-throat by 0. L. Brehm 

 CIsis, 1828, p. 920). It therefore antedates Cyanecula, 

 which was created by the same author on p. 1280 

 of the same volume of the ' Isis ' for the same bird. 

 The first name must therefore be used. The type is 

 C. suecica Linn., by monotypy. 



Cyanosylvia suecica. Hartert refers the Bed-spotted Blue- 

 throats which breed in the mountains of Norway, and 

 have occurred in Britain, to a special race, C. s. gaetkei, 

 which is distinguished from the typical one breeding 

 in Lapland and farther east by its more pointed wing and 

 lai-ger size. The Committee are not satisfied that there 

 is sufficient evidence of the existence of these two 

 separate races, and prefer to leave all our British 

 stragglers under the typical name. 



Cyanosylvia suecica cyanecula. Sylvia cyanecula Wolf, 1810, 

 has twelve years' priority over Sylvia icolfi Brehm, 

 Beitrage z. Vogelk.ii. 1822, p. 173. 



Genus SAXICOLA. Bechstein's genus Saxicola (Orn. 

 Taschenb. 1802, p. 216) contains three species only : 

 oenanthe (Wheatear), ruletra (Whinchat), and rulicola 

 (Stonechat). No type was originally designated, but 

 Swainson (Zool. Journ. iii. 1827, p. 172) subsequently 

 fixed as the type Motacilla rulncola. Gray in 1841 and 

 Seebohm (Cat. Bds. B. M. v. 1881, p. 362) made 

 " ainanthe " the type ; there can be no doubt, however, 

 that Swainson's designation must stand, and another 

 name be found for the Wheatears. 



Pratincola Koch (Syst. baier. Zool. i. 1816, p. 190), 

 commonly used for the Whinchat and Stonechat, is not 

 available, as it was previously used by Schrauk for the 

 Pratincoles (Fauna Boica, 1798, p. 190). 



Saxicola ruTncola. Hartert (Journ. Ornith. 1910, p. 173) 

 has separated the British race of the Stonechat under 



