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INSECTIVOEJ^:. 



Fatnily SAXICOLINJE. 



Genus Saxicola. (Beclistein.) 



Generic Characters. — Eeak slender, straight, and rather broader 

 than deep at the base, Avhere 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 Aving coverts much 

 shorter than the quills. Tail medium length, slightly rounded 

 or square, consists of twelve quills. 



BLACK WHEATEAE. 



Saxicola leucura. 



Tunlua leacurus, Gmelin; Syst., 820, 1788. 



" " Latham; Ind., 1790. 



Mnanthe leucura, Vieillot; Diet, et Faun. Fr., 1818. 



Saxicola caccJiinaiis, Temminck; Manual, 1820. 



" " SCHINZ. SCHLEGEL. 



" leucura, Keyserling and Blasitjs; Die 



Wirbelt, 1840. Mithle. 



VUtiJlura leucura, Bonapaete, 1838. 



Dromolcca leucura, Cabanis. Bonapaete. 



" Teisteam; (Ibis.) Loche. 



Traquet Ricur, Of the Feench. 



