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INSECTIVOR^. 



Family SAXICOLIN^. 



Genus Saxicola. fBechstein.J 



BLACK-EAEED WHEATEAE. 



Saxicola aurita. 



Vitiflora ruhescens, Brisson; Orn., vol. p. 457, 1760. 



" aurita, Bonapaete, 1838. 



Motacilla stapazina, (var. B.,) Gmelin; Syst., vol. i., p. 966, 



1788. 

 Sylvia stajpazina, (var. B.,) Latham; IncL, p. 531, 1790. 



Saxicola aurita, Temminck; Man., 2nd. Edit., 



vol. i., p. 241, 1820. 



" SCHINZ, 1840. SCHLEGEL, 1844. 



JEnantJie alhicollis, Vieillot; Paun. Er., p. 190. 



Le Moteux Regnauby, Vieillot. 



Traquet Oreillard, Of the Feench. 



Schwarzohriger Steinschmdtzer, Of the GtEemans. 



Monachella, Oe Savi and Stok. 



Specific Characters. — Throat always white or whitish; rest as 

 in Stapazina. Length five inches seven to nine lines. — Temminck. 

 Length of specimen sent me by Mr. Tristram, six inches. 



The Black-eared Wheatear is an inhabitant of the 

 middle-sized mountains of the south of Europe, and, ac- 

 cording to Temminck, is more common in the north of 

 Italy than the preceding species. It is frequently found 



