SYLVIIDJE. 



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FAMILY. SYLVIID^E. 



SUB-FAMILY. SAXICOLIN^;. 



SAXICOLA. 

 Saxicola, Bechstein, Orn. Taschenb. p. 216 (1802). 



145. Saxicola cenanthe. 



Motacilla cenanthe, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. p. 352. 



Saxicola cenanthe, Strickl. P. Z. S. 1836, p. 98 ; 1850. p. 

 216 : Blanf. & Dresser, P. Z. S. 1874, p. 218: Newton, ed. Yarr. 

 Brit. B. i. p. 347. 



a, b Aberdovey (H. E. Strickland} Aug. 1833. c (Askew) 

 1834. d Smyrna (H.E.Strickland) April, 1836. e, /Britain ? 

 (N. C. Strickland) 1838. g Senegal (Isaacson) 1840. Kartoum 

 Oct. 1848 (J. Petherick) 1848. 



146. Saxicola albicollis. 



Motacilla stapazina, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. p. 331 (partim). 



CEnanthe albicollis, Vieill. N. Diet. d'Hist. N. xxi. p. 424. 



Saxicola aurita, Temm. Man. d'Orn. i. p. 341 : Strickl. P. Z. 

 S. 1836, p. 98. 



a $ Morea (H. E. Strickland) May 1836. 6 Smyrna 

 (H. E. Strickland) April, 1836. 



147. Saxicola stapazina. 



Saxicola stapazina, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. p. 331 (partim}. 



(Enanthe stapazina, Vieill. N. Diet. d'Hist. N. xxi. p. 428. 



Saxicola stapazina, Temm. Man. d'Orn. i. p. 239. 



a S. Europe (Bt. at Dresden) 1845. 



In 1843 Strickland, in his notes to Col. Drummond-Hay's Cata- 

 logue of Birds found in Corfu &c. (Ann. & Mag. N. H. xii. pp. 416, 

 424) refers to the supposed identity of S. stapazina and S. albicollis 

 (aurita), and remarks that the former having been found breeding in 

 Corfu, the distinctness of the latter would be proved on its being 

 found to breed in Crete. In a notice of Malherbe's ' Faune Ornitho- 

 logique de la Sicile' (Ann. & Mag. N. H. xiv. p. 432) attention is 

 drawn to his assertion of their distinctness. Though Strickland 

 as late as 1849 (Contr. Orn. p. 60) still seemed undecided on the 



