INSECTIVOR^. 
Family SAXICOLINu^. 
Genus Saxicola. fBechstein.J 
MENETEIES’ WHEATEAE. 
Saxicola saltatrix. 
Saxicola saltator, 
“ saltatrix, 
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Yil'ijlora saltatrix, 
Traquet Oriental, 
Ostlicher Stei nscli in dtzer. 
Menetries; Cat. Cauc., 1836. 
Keyseeling and Blasids; Die 
Wirbelt, 1840. 
Schlegel; Eevue, 1844. 
Degland, 1849. 
Bonaparte, 1838. 
Of the Drench. 
Of the Germans. 
Specific Characters. — The first primary equal in length to the 
fourth feather of the greater wing coverts; the second a little 
longer than the fifth, the second and fourth about equal, but 
shorter than the third, which is the longest in the wing. 
Length of a specimen sent me by Mr. Ti'istram, and which is 
figured, si.Y inches and three quarters; carpus to tip of wing 
four inches; tail two inches. 
This bird is an inhabitant of Egypt, jSiubia, the 
Ural Mountains, Greece, and borders of the Caspian 
Sea. It is mentioned by Mr. Tristram, in his list of 
the Birds of Palestine, and by Dr. Hueglin, among 
those collected by him during a voyage in the Bed 
Sea, (“^Tbis,” vol. i., pages 29 and 341.) Dr. Hueglin 
