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INSECTIVOR^. 
Famihj SAXICOLIN^. 
Genus Saxicola. f Beclisteht.J 
Generic Characters . — Beak slender, straight, and rather broader 
than deep at the base, where it is surrounded by a few 
hairs; upper mandible slightly obtuse, sloped, and curved only 
at the point; nostrils oval, half-closed by a membrane; tarsus 
long, slender, and compressed; outer toe connected by a 
membrane to the middle. Wings of medium length, reaching 
to the middle of the tail when closed; first quill about half 
as long as the second, the second shorter than the third or 
fourth, which are the longest; the greater wing coverts much 
shorter than the quills. Tail medium length, slightly rounded 
or square, consists of twelve quills. 
BLACK WHEATEAE. 
Saxicola leucura. 
JEnantJie leacura, 
Saxico la ca cch in a ns, 
Tardus leucarus, 
leucura, 
Gmelin ; Syst., 820, 1788. 
Latham; Ind., 1790. 
ViEiLLOT; Diet, et Fauu. Fr., 1818. 
Temminck; Manual, 1820. 
ScHiNZ. Schlegel. 
Iaeysekling and Blasius; Die 
Yittijlora leucura, 
Dromolcca leucura, 
Traciuet Bicur, 
Wirbelt, 1840. Muhle. 
Bonapakte, 1838. 
Cabanis. Bonaparte. 
Tristram; (Ibis.) Loche. 
Oe the French. 
