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SYLVIAD^E. 



INSESSORES. 



DENTIROSTRES. 



SYLVIADM. 



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. Vert. p. 121. 



GOULD, Birds of Europe, pt. vi. 



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. 



