268 SYLVIAD A. 
INSESSORES. SYLVIAD 4. 
DENTIROSTRES. 
THE STONECHAT. 
Sazicola rubicola, 
Sylvia rubicola, The Stonechat, PENN. Brit. Zool. vol. i. p. 526. 
Motacilla ,, = Mont. Ornith. Dict. 
5 op 6 Bewick, Brit. Birds, vol. i. p. 278. 
Saxicola 4, 3 Fem. Brit. An. p. 68. 
» 8 5 SELBY, Brit. Ornith. vol. i. p. 185. 
” ” ” JENYNS, Brit. Vert. p. 121. 
rs) % Goutp, Birds of Europe, pt. vi. 
55 = 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. 
