o turdid;e. 



Pratincola rubicola. Stoxechat. 



Motacilla Rubicola, Zinw. S. N. i. p. 332 (1766). 



Saxicola ruMcola, Nawm. iii. p. 884; Hevntson, p. 107; Yarr. 



ed. 2, i. p. 268; id. ed. 3, i. p. 278 ; Newton, i. p. 339; 



Hurting, p. 13. 

 Fruticicola rubicola, Macg. ii. p. 279. 

 Pratincola rubicola, Gray, p. 56 ; Gould, ii. pi. 47 ; Dresser, 



ii. p. 263. 

 Stonechat, Yarr. ed. 1, i. p. 245. 



Bubicola = that inhabits bramble-bushes, from ruhus + colere. 



A resident throughout the greater part of the British 

 Islands. A summer visitor to the rest of Europe as far east 

 as the Volga. Winters in Africa, where a few remain to 

 breed. 



Genus RUTICILLA, C. L. Brehm, Isis, 1828, p. 1280. 



Svticilla = a little red (bird), diminutiTe of ruticulus, from rutlliis = red. 



Ruticilla phcBnicurus. Redstart. 



Motacilla Phoenicurus, lAmi. S. N. i. p. 335 

 (1766). 



Sylvia phonicurus, Nawn. iii. p. 510. 



Ruticilla phoenicurus, Macg. ii. p. 305 ; Newton, i. p. 329; 



Dresser, ii. p. 277. 

 Phoenicura ruticilla, Hewitson, p. 104; Yarr. ed. 2, i. p. 259; 



id. ed. 3, i. p. 269. 

 Ruticilla phsenicura. Gray, p. 57. 

 Ruticilla phoenicura, Gould, ii. pi. 51 ; Harting, p. 12. 

 Redstart, Yarr. ed. 1, i. p. 237. 



Phoenuurus = b ipoiviKovpos, the redtail, in Aristotle, Hist. An. ix. 49b, 4; 

 from ^oivif = purple-red, and oi'ipa = the tail. 



A regular summer migrant, breeding in all the counties of 

 Great Britain. Rare in Ireland. Comtnon throughout tem- 

 perate Europe and Asia, as far east as the Yenisei. Winters 

 in Africa and Persia. 



