14 BRITISH BIRDS. 



GENUS VI. CYANECULA, C. L. Brehm (1828). 

 Differs to no very appreciable extent from Ruticilla 

 although the individuals of this genus approach in 

 appearance to Erithacus, the nidification also proving a 

 close affinity to latter genus. 



18. Cyaneeula sueeiea (Linn.). RED-SPOTTED 

 BLUETHROAT 



Hab. Northern Palasarctic region, breeding from 

 Scandinavia to Kamschatka. In winter migrating to Africa, 

 India, and China. 



Male : upper plumage warm dark-brown, with a white 

 streak above eye ; upper tail-coverts and basal half of tail 

 (except two central feathers) chestnut-red, terminal half 

 dark-brown ; throat and upper breast bright blue, with a 

 large central patch of chestnut-red ; lower breast zoned 

 with black, white and chestnut ; abdomen huffish-white ; 

 under wing-coverts bright buff ; bill black ; tarsi brown. 

 Length 5*80. Female : under parts buffish-white, with a 

 dark brown breast, and usually with one or two specks of 

 blue. Immature birds resemble female. 



Of irregular occurrence in winter on east coast, especially 

 in Norfolk where small parties or even flocks occur almost 

 annually, usually in September. Five or six stragglers 

 have been taken in Scotland, but it is not recorded from 

 Ireland. 



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19. Cyaneeula wolfi (Brehm). WHITE-SPOTTED 

 BLUETHROAT. 



Hab. N. W. Africa and Western Europe, breeding 

 northward to France, the Netherlands and North Germany. 

 In winter migrating southward. 



This form is considered by some to be of doubtful 

 specific distinction from the last. Mr. Saunders (who goes 



