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INSECTIVOR^. 

 Famihj SAXICOLINJE. 



Genus Saxicola. fBechstein.J 



MENETEIES' WHEATEAR. 



Saxicola saltatrix. 



Saxicola saltator, Meneteies; Cat. Cauc, 1836. 



" saltatrix, EEYSEELisa and Blasius, Die 



Wirbelt; 1840. 



•' " ScHLEGEL; Eevue, 1844. 



" " Degland, 1849. 



Yitijlora saltatrix, Bonaparte, 1838. 



Traquet Oriental, Of the Feench. 



Ostlicher Sieinschmdtzer , Of the Geemans. 



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. Tristram, and which is 

 figured, six inches and three-quarters; carpus to tip of wing 

 four inches; tail two inches. 



This bird is an inhabitant of Egypt, Nnbia, 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 Red 

 Sea, ("Ibis," vol. i., pages 29 and 341.) Dr. Hueglin 



