SYLVIADJi. 24 L 



Sa, supra pallide riifa, infra alba ; Jascid oculari nigra ; alls 



rectricibusque duabus intermediis nigris, ceteris albis apicibus 



nigris. 

 Wheatear above pale rufous, beneath white ; with a black stripe 



through the eyes; the wings and two middle tail-feathers black ; 



the rest white., with black tips. 

 Black- eared Wheatear. Lath. Gen. Hist. v. vii. p- 56. 



Inhabits Southern Europe. Length six inches 

 and a quarter : the general colour of the plumage above 

 pale rufous, beneath white : through the eye, from 

 the beak, a broad black patch, which extends over the 

 ears : tail for three-fourths of the length white, the 

 rest black ; but the wings and middle tail-feathers 

 are black, and the outermost chiefly so : beak and 

 legs black. The female has the patch on the ears 

 dusky, marked with rufous : nape and back rufous- 

 brown : throat dirty white : breast pale rufous : the 

 rest of the plumage nearly as in the male. 



Sp. 5. Sa. leucomela. Temm. Man. d'Om. 2 Edit. i. 243. Temm. 

 PL. Col. 257. f. 3. — Muscicapa leucomela. Steph. v. x. 328.— 

 Muscicapa melanoleuca. Steph. v. x. 328, — Eastern Europe. 



Sp. 6. Sa. leucothoa. Cuvier. 



Vi. leucorrhoa. Steph. v. x. 574. pi. 52. — Africa. 



Sp. 7. Sa. Hottentotta. 



Vi. Hottentotta. Steph. v. x. p. 573. — L'imitateur. LeVaill. 

 Ois. d'Afriq. iv. pi. 181. male ; 182. young. — Africa. 



Sp. S. Sa. familiaris. 



Sa. griseo-fusca, hifra pallidiore ; pectore, hypochondriis, auribus 



uropygioque rujis ; rectricibus duabus intermediis totis Juscis, 



reliquisjiiscis rufo marginatis. 

 Grey-brown Wheatear, paler beneath ; with the breast, flanks, 



ears, and rump rufous ; the two middle tail-feathers entirely 



brown, the rest brown edged with rufous. 



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