no MENETBIES' WEE ATE AB. 



. INSECTIVOEiE. 

 Family SYLVIIByE. 

 Genus Saxicola. f Bechstei?i.J 



MENETRIES' A¥HEATEAR. 



Saxicola isahelUna. 



Saxicola isabellina, RtJPPELL ; Atlas, pi. 34, 2. 



" saltatoT, Menetries ; Cat. Cauc, 1836. 



" saltatrix, Keyserling and Blasius ; Die Wirbelt, 



1840. 



" " ScHLEGEL ; Revue, 1844. 



" " Degland, 1849. Bree ; ist. Edition. 



Vitiflora saltatrix, Bonaparte, 1838. 



Traquet Oriental, Of THE French. 



OstlicJier 8iei7ischmcit%er, Of the Germans. 



Specific Ciiaracters. — The first primary equal in length to the fourth feather 

 of the greater wing coverts ; the second a little longer than the fifth ; 

 the second and fourth about equal, but shorter than the third, which is 

 the longest in the wing. Length of a specimen sent me by Mr. Tristram, 

 and which is figured, six inches and three quarters ; carpus to tip of wing 

 four inches ; tail two inches. 



This bird is an inliabitant of Egypt, Nubia, the Ural Mountains, 

 Greece, and borders of tlie Caspian Sea. It is mentioned by Mr. 

 Tristram in liis list of the Birds of Palestine, and by Von Heuglin 

 among those collected by him during a voyage in the Red Sea, 

 ("Ibis," vol. i., pages 29 and 341.) Von Heuglin found it in the 

 Danakil country, between the Peninsula of Buri and the Gulf of 

 Tadjura, on the Somali coast, and in Southern Arabia. In his "Vogel 

 Nord .Ost Africas," he further remarks, "The borders of the forehead 



