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Genus CYANOSYLVIA The generic name Cyanosylvia was 

 given to the Red-spotted Blue-throat by 0. L. Brehm 

 (Isis, 1828, p. 920). It therefore antedates Cyanecula, 

 which was created by the same author on p. 1280 

 oE the same volume of the ' Isis ' for the same bird. 

 The first name must therefore be used. The type is 

 C. suecica Linn., by monotypy. 



Cyanosylvia suecica. Hartert refers the Red-spotted Blue- 

 throats which breed in the mountains of Norway, and 

 have occurred in Britain, to a special race, C. s. gaetkei, 

 which is distinguished from the typical one breeding 

 in Lapland and farther east by its more pointed wing and 

 larger size. The Committee are not satisfied that there 

 is sufficient evidence of the existence of these two 

 separate races, and prefer to leave all our British 

 stragglers under the typical name. 



Cyanosylvia suecica cyanecula. Sylvia cyanecula "Wolf, 1810, 

 has twelve years' priority over Sylvia icol/i Brehm, 

 Beitrage z. Vogelk. ii. 1822, p. 173.' 



Genus SAXICOLA. Bechstein's genus Saxicola (Orn. 

 Taschenb. 1802, p. 216) contains three species only : 

 cenanthe (Wheatear), riibetra ("Whinchat), and ntUcola 

 fStonechat). No type was originally designated, but 

 Swainson (Zool. Journ. iii. 1827, p. 172) subsequentlv 

 fixed as the type Motacilla ruhicola. Gray in 1841 and 

 Seebohm (Cat. Bds. B. M. v. 1881, p. 362) made 

 ^' (cnanthe" the type ; there can be no doubt, however, 

 that Swainson's designation must stand, and another 

 name be found for the Wheatears. 



Fratincola Koch (Syst. baier. Zool. i. 1816, p. 190), 

 commonly used for the Whinchat and Stonechat, is not 

 available, as it was previously used by Schrank for the 

 Pratincoles (Fauna Boica, 1798, p. 190). 



Saxicola rnWcola. Hartert (Journ. Ornith. 1910, p. 173) 

 has separated the British race of the Stonechat under 



