452 
SAXICOLA. 
Merliiii iVOiumiNY, Hist. nat. Cuba Tb. 25. — Cabanis, Journ. Oniith. 1856. 
IV. 104; 1874. XXI. 158; Mus. Heiue. IY\ 91. [Cuba. 
Coccyzus Merlini Schlegel, Mus. Pays-Bas Cucuü 40. 
Saurothera havanensis Pz. Paul Würtemb. 
Saurothera gigantea de Lafresnaye, teste Gray. 
Arriero. 
raexicana Supra I. 835. — Geococcyx mexicanus Strickl. 
velata Swainson, Classif. Birds II. 324. — Saurothera vetula Stepil 
vetiila Vieillot, Galerie Oiseaux I. '25. Tb. 38. = Saurothera Vieilloti Rp. 
vetnla Stephens, gener. Zool. XIV. 216. — Cabanis, Mus. Heine. IV^. 90. — 
Gosse, Illustr. Jamaica Birds Tb. 74. [Jamaica. 
Cuculus jamaicensis major Klein, Aves Himmal. 31. ^ 
Cuculus vetula Linne, Syst. Nat. I. 169. 
Saurothera jamaicensis de Lafresnaye, Revue Zool. 1847. 353. 
Coccyzus vetula Schlegel, Mus. Pays-Bas Cuculi 39. 
Vieilloti Bonaparte, Conspect. Avium I. 97. — Cabanis, Mus. Heine. IV^ 91. 
Saurothera vetula Vieillot, Galerie Oiseaux I. 25. Tb. 38. 
Saurothera veluta Swainson, Classif. Birds II. 324. 
Saurothera bahamensis Bryant, Boston Soc. nat. hist. 1862. IX. 286. 
SA-XICOLA (Rhacnemidae). — Beckstein, Ornitb. Taschenb. 1802. 216. — 
Gray, Genera Birds 1846. I. 178. — Blanford et Dresser, Proc. Zool. Soc. 
1874. 213. 
Synon.: Vitiflora Leach. — Oenanthe Vieill. — Campicola Swains. — Cercomela, Orei- 
coca, Oreicola Bonap. — Dromolaea Cab, — Agricola Verr. — Rhodophila Jerd. 
Bill straight, rather broad at the base, rather longer than the middle toe 
with claw, compressed, decurved, and more or less indented at the tip. Nostrils 
basal , supernal and oval. Gape furnish'ed with a few bristles. First primary very 
short, second shorter than the third and fourth third or fourth the longest; coverts and 
scapular short. Tail nearly even, the basal portion nearly always white or rufous. 
Tarsus long^ covered in front by one long scale, to which succeed two or three 
shorter ones. Claws compressed ^ strong and moderately curved; the outer toe partly 
united to the middle toe; lateral toes equal or subequal. — 36 Specc. 
aequatorialis Supra 11. 60. = Saxicola monticola. 
albicans Wahlberg, Oefvers. Vet. Förhdig. 1855. 213. — Blanford et Dres- 
ser, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1874. 236. [Damara. 
Saxicola Stricklandi GuRNEY,in i^nders. Damarald. 105. — Bonaparte, Compt. 
rend. 1854. XXXVIII. 7. 
albicilla v. Müller, Naumannia 1851; Beitr. Ornith. Afr. Tb. 16. z= Saxicola 
melanoleuca Blanf. 
albifasciata Rüppell, syst. Uebers. NO Afr. Tb. 16. — Pratincola torquata 
Gray. 
albifrons Rüppell, neue Wirbeith. Fauna Abyss. 83. 
albifrons Brandt, Bullet, acad. Petersbg. 1844. II. 139. 
albigularis v. Pelzeln, Wiener Sitzgsber. 1863. XLVIII. 150. Cossypha 
gutturalis Guer. 
albiscapulata Rüppell, neue Wirbeith. Fauna Abyss. 73. 
albomarginata Salvadori, Atti accad. Torino 1870. 807. — Saxicola deserti 
Rüpp. 
albonigra Hume, Stray Feath. L 2. — Blanford, Ibis 1873. HI. 217; Proc. 
Zool. ^Soc. 1874. 226. [Persia. 
alpina Chapman, Trav. S Afr. App. 399. — Saxicola leucomelaena Burch. 
amphileuca Ehrenberg, Symbol, phys. fol. 66. = Saxicola stapazina Blanf. 
Arnotti Tristram, Ibis 1869. V. 206. Tb. 6. — Blanford et Dresser, Proc. 
Zool. Soc. 1874. 233. [Adam Koks New Land (SAfr.) 
Atniori Tristram, Ibis 1869. V. 206. — Blanford et Dresser, Proc. Zool. 
Soc. 1874. 231. [Damara. 
atricollis v. Müller, Naumannia 1852. IV. 28. = Saxicola leucomela Tem. 
