98 TURDIDai. 



Saxicola rubicola. Stonechat. 



Motacilla rubicola Linnceus, Syst. Nat. 12th ed. i. 1766, 

 p. 332 : France. 



Pratincola rubicola (Linn.) ; Sharpe, Oat. Birds B. M. iv. 1879, 

 p. 185 ; B. O. U. List, 1st ed. 1883, p. 8 ; Saunders, Manual, 

 2nd ed. 1899, p. 29. 



RubicSla = that inhabits bramble-bushes ; from rubus and colere. 



Distribution in the British Islands. — Eesident, widely but 

 locally distributed. Also a Summer Visitor, some of our 

 native birds leaving in autumn and returning in spring. 

 Seldom recorded for the Hebrides and Orkneys, but occurs 

 annually at Fair Isle, Shetlands, in spring. 



General Distribution. — The Stonechat breeds throughout 

 Europe from southern Sweden to the Mediterranean and its 

 i.slands east to Greece and south Russia and also in north-west 

 Africa. It winters in Egypt, Palestine, and the Sahara. 

 Allied forms inhabit the Caucasus and various parts of Asia 

 and Africa. 



Saxicola indica. Indian Stonechat. 



Pratincola indica Blyth, Journ. As. Soc. Bengal, xvi. 

 1847, p. 129 : India. 



Pratincola maiu-a (Pall.) ; Sharpe, Oat. Birds B. M. iv. 1879, 

 p. 188 ; Saunders, Bull. B. O. O. xvi. 1905, p. 10. 

 ind«;a=Indian. 



Distribution in the British Islands. — A Bare Visitor. It has 

 occurred in Norfolk, Sept. 1904, and at the Isle of May, Fife, 

 Oct. 1913. 



General Distribution. — The Indian Stonechat breeds in 

 western Siberiaj to the Altai Mountains, Russian Turkestan, 

 the southern Urals, and the Himalaya. It winters in India. 



