ERYTHACIN^E. 



5. S. leucura (Gmel.) Lath. Gen. Syn. iii. pi. 38. — Saxicola 

 cachinnans Temm. Gould, B. of Eur. pi. 88., Descr. de 1'Egypte, 

 L5.ll. 



6. S. leucuroides Guer. Rev. Zool. 1843. p. 162. 



7. S. monacha Riipp. PI. col. 359. f- 1. 



8. S. deserti Riipp. PI. col. 359. *• 2. 



9. S. melanura Temm. PL col. 257- f. 2. 



10. S. isabellina Riipp. Zool. Atlas, t. 34. f. 2. 



11. S. pallida Riipp. Zool. Atlas, t. 34. f. 1. — Saxicola isabellina 

 Temm. PI. col. 472. f. 1. 



12. S. crassirostris Riipp. Zool. Atlas, t. 33. f. 1. 



13. S. lugens (Licht.) Riipp. — Saxicola morio Ehrenb. 



14. S. sordida Riipp. Faun. t. 26. f. 2. 



15. S. semirufa Riipp. Faun. t. 25. 



16. S. rufocinerea Riipp. Faun. t. 27- 



17. S. lugubris Riipp. Faun. t. 28. f. 1. 



18. S. albifasciata Riipp. Syst. Uebers. &c. t. 16. 



19. S. nigra (Vieill) N. Diet. d'Hist. Nat. xxi. p. 431., Le Vaill. 

 Ois. d'Afr.t. 189. 



20. S.formicivora (Vieill.) N. Diet. d'Hist. Nat. xxi. p. 421., 

 Le Vaill. Ois. d'Afr. t, 186, 187 Saxicola leucoptera Swains. 



21. S. infuscata A. Smith, 111. Zool. S. Afr. Birds, pi. 28. 



22. S. monticola (Vieill.) Le Vaill. Ois. d'Afr. 1. 184. f. 1. 185. — 

 Vittiflora rupicola Boie ; Gryllivora ? capensis Swains. 



23. S. bifasciata Temm. PI. col. 472. f. 2. 



24. S. hottentotta (Gmel.). 



25. S. pileata (Gmel.) Le Vaill. Ois. d'Afr. t. 181, 182. —Sylvia 

 imitatrix Vieill.; Type of Campicola Swains. (1827). 



26. S. cinerea (Vieill.) Le Vaill. Ois. d'Afr. 1. 184. f. 1. 



27. S. sperata (Lath.). 



28. S. explorator (Vieill.) Le Vaill. Ois. d'Afr. t. 183. f. 1, 2. 



29. S. caprata (Linn.) Cuv. PI. enl. 235 Saxicola fruticola 



Horsf. ; S. bicolor et S. erythropygia Sykes. 



30. S. violacea (Bodd.) PI. enl. 1 85. f. 2. — Motacilla philip- 

 pensis Gmel. Kittl. Vog. t. 12. f. 2. 



31. ? S. pyrrhonotus Mull. & Schl. Verd. Nat. Gesch. Nederl. p. 

 209. 



32. S. amantho'ides Vigors, Zool. Beechey's Voyage, p. 19. 



33. S. cursoria Vieill. Ency. Meth. p. 493., Le Vaill. Ois. d'Afr. 

 t. 190., Desc. de 1'Egypte, Ois. t. 5. f. 1. ? — ■ Saxicola leucomelana 

 Burch. Trav. Afr. i. p. 335. ? Vitiflora tachydroma Boie. 



PllATINCOLA Koch.* 



Bill short, with the gape broad, and furnished with short bristles ; the culmen slightly curved, and 

 the sides compressed to the tip, which is rather emarginated ; the gonys long, and ascending ; the 

 nostrils basal, lateral, in a small membranous groove, with the opening rounded, and partly hidden by 

 the frontal plumes. Wings long and rounded, with the fourth and fifth quills equal and longest. Tail 

 short, broad, and slightly rounded on the sides. Tarsi slightly longer than the middle toe, slender, 

 and covered by a single scale in front. Toes moderate, slender, and the outer toe rather longer 

 than the inner ; the hind toe long, and rather strong ; the claws moderate, curved, and acute. 



These birds are found only in the old continent, they prefer the open ground or commons, especially those covered 

 with furze, and they are usually seen in pairs, or singly, perched on the tops of the furze bushes, or sometimes hovering 

 over them on the wing, while uttering a quick but agreeable song. Their food consists of worms and insects, which 

 they search the ground for, but they occasionally take a short flight in pursuit of insects on the wing, after capturing 

 which they return often to the same branch from whence they started. The nest is carefully concealed amongst grass, 

 or in a low bush ; and is composed of dried grass, with some moss intermixed, and lined with grass. The female lays 

 six eggs. 



1. P. rubetra (Linn.) PI. enl. 678. f. 2., Gould, B. of Eur. 93. 



2. Y.rubicola (Linn.) PI. enl. 678. f. 1., Gould, B. of Eur. pi. 

 94. — Saxicola Hemprichii Ehrenb. ; Sax. rubicola var. Caffra Licht. 

 Le Vaill. Ois. d'Afr.t. 180. 



3. P.fervida (Gmel.) PI. enl. 583. f. 1. 



4. P. leucorhoa (Gmel.) PI. enl. 583. f. 2. 



* It was in 1816 that Koch established this genus. Itis equal with Frutivicola (1839) of Mr. Macgillivray, and Rubetra (1840) of me. 



