(ENANTHE. 101 



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

 occurred in Cumberland, Nov. 1887 ; Sussex, April 1911, 

 March and May 1912. 



General Distribution. — The Isabelline Wheatear breeds 

 from the steppes of southern Russia and Asia Minor across 

 Asia to eastern Siberia, north-western China, and north-west 

 India. It is resident in Palestine, and extends in winter 

 to Egypt, eastern Africa, southern Arabia, and western India. 



Glnanthe stapazina. Westebn Black-eabed 

 Wheateae. 



Motacilla stapazina Linnmus, Syst. Nat. 12th ed. i. 1766, 

 p. 331 : Spain. 



Saxicola aurita Temm. ; Seehohm, Gat. Birds B. M. v. 1881, 



p. 394. 

 Saxicola caterinse Whitaher ; ButterfielA, Bull. B. O. O. xii. 1902, 



p. 78. 



Stapatsma, the Linnean name, latinized from the Bolognese Strapazino, 

 used by Aldrovandus, WiUughby, etc., as if connected with It. strapazarre=io 

 insult or work coarsely. 



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

 occurred in Sussex, May 1902, 1905, and 1907. 



General Distribution. — The Western Black-eared Wheat- 

 ear breeds in south-west Europe to Italy and Sicily, also in 

 north-west Africa from Morocco to Tunisia. It probably 

 winters in west Africa. 



CEnanthe stapazina amphileuca. 



Eastern Black-eaeed Wheateae. 



Saxicola amphileuca Hemprich Sf Ehrenberg, Symb. 

 Phys., Aves, fol. bb : Syria. 



Saxicola stapazina Linn. ; Nicoll, Bull. B. O. C. xvi. 1905, 

 p. 22. 



AmphileiJu:a=-<miAi. white markings, from d/t0i and \evK6i. 



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

 occurred in Sussex, Sept. 1905. 



