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CYANECULA WOLFI. 



(WHITE-SPOTTED BLUETHROAT.) 



The Blue-throat Redstart, Edw. Nat. Hist. i. p. 28, pi. 28 (1743). 



Sylvia cyanecula, Wolf, Taschenb. deutsch. Vogelk. i. p. 240 (1810, partim). 



Saxicola suecica (L.), Koch, Baier. Zool. i. p. 189 (1816, partim). 



Sylvia wolfii, C. L. Brehrn, Beitr. zur Vogelk. ii. p. 173 (1822). 



Sylvia wolfii, C. L. Brehrn, Lehrbuch der Naturgesch. i. p. 344, tab. in titul. (1823). 



Cyanecula wolfii, C. L. Brehrn, Vog. Deutschl. p. 352 (1831). 



Cyanecula obscura, C. L. Brehrn, torn. cit. p. 353 (1831). 



Cyanecula leucocyana, C. L. Brehrn, torn. cit. p. 353 (1831). 



Lusciola suecica (L.), Keyserl. & Bias. Wirbelth. Eur. p. 58 (1840, partim). 



Cyanecula obscura, Br., L. Brehrn, Naumannia, 1855, p. 280. 



Cyanecula longirostris, Br., L. Brehm, ut supra. 



Cyanecula major, Br., L. Brehm, ut supra. 



Cyanecula minor, Br., L. Brehm, ut supra. 



Cyanecula suecica auctt. nee Linn. 



Blaukehlchen, German ; Bubiette gorge-bleue, Fauvette gorge-bleue, French ; Het Blaauw- 

 borstje, Dutch ; Pisco de peito azul, Portuguese ; Garganti azul, Spanish ; Petto Azzurro, 

 Italian. 



Figurm notabiles. 

 D'Aubenton, PL Enl. 361. fig. 2, 610. figs. 1, 2, 3; Werner, Atlas, Insectivores, pi. 49; 

 Frisch, Vog. Deutschl. taf. 19, 20; Naumann, Vog. Deutschl. taf. 364, 365; Fritsch, 

 Vog. Eur. taf. 23. figs. 7, 8; Gould, B. of Eur. pi. 97; Schlegel, Vog. Nederl pi. 86; 

 Roux, Orn. Prov. pi. 207. 



6 ad. C. suecica persimilis, sed macula in jugulo' centrali albidfi, nee ferruginea, : vel gala et gutture cseruleis 

 irnmaculatis. 



2 ad. corpore supra ut in mare : gula, et gutture albidis : gutture laterali nigricante striate), et pectore 

 superiore eodem colore maculato et grisescente schistaceo lavato : pectore imo et abdomine albidis, 

 hypochondriis griseo adumbratis. 



Adult Male (Barcelona, May) . Resembles the adult male of Cyanecula suecica, except that the spot in the 

 centre of the blue throat is pure white instead of bay. 



Adult Female (Spain) . Upper parts as in the adult male ; throat and fore neck white, on the sides of the 

 throat marked with black so closely as to appear to have a continuous broad line of that colour ; across 

 the upper part of the breast there is also a band of black markings, but less clearly defined than those 

 on the sides of the throat ; rest of the underparts whitish, washed with grey, especially on the flanks ; 



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