ERYTHACIN2E. 
Myiomela Hodgs .* 
Bill moderate and strong, with the culmen curved, and the sides compressed and indexed to the tip? 
which is emarginated ; the lateral margins nearly straight ; the gonys moderate and ascending ; th e 
nostrils basal, lateral, with the opening lunate, and covered by a membranous scale. Wings rathe? 
long and rounded, with the fourth and fifth quills equal and longest. Tail moderate, broad, an< ^ 
rounded. Tarsi the length of the middle toe, slender, and covered by an entire scale in front. 
long and slender, with the outer toe longer than the inner ; the hind toe very long ; the claws l° n §’ 
compressed, curved, and acute. 
The type of this genus lives in the mountainous forests of Nepal, 
and pulpy berries. 
Its food consists of various kinds of insects, 
seed 1 2 3 ? 
M. leucura Hodgs. Proc. Z. S. 1 845. p. 
SaXICOLA. f 
Bill moderate, rather depressed and broad at the base, with the culmen slightly curved, and the 
gradually compressed to the tip, which is slightly emarginated ; the lateral margins straight and infl eXe 
the nostrils basal, lateral, and placed in a membranous groove, with the opening rounded. Wings l° n »’ 
reaching to the middle of the tail, with the second quill nearly as long as the third and fourth, ^hi 
are the longest. Tail moderate and nearly even. Tarsi longer than the middle toe, and coveieh 
front with an entire scale. Toes moderate, with the outer toe longer than the inner ; the hind toe 1 oI1d 
the claws rather short, slightly curved, and acute. 
These migratory birds are found in most parts of the globe. They prefer, owing to their shy and wild habds?^^ 
moors, downs, and dry sandy banks of the sea coast, or places almost bare of vegetation, frequenting bushes, ^ 
and hedges. They are generally seen solitary or in pairs, upon a perch, from which they keep watch ; and, wb ^jjeir 
espy an insect or worm on the ground, they dart upon it, and having secured it resume their former perch. j g 
flight is smooth and quick, but always near the surface of the ground. Their song is sweet and pleasing? 
often uttered on the wing, hovering over the nest, while the female is engaged in incubation. It is under a l» r 8 e ^ 
or in the crevices of old walls, and even in holes on the sea coast, such as rabbit burrows, that the female 
her nest, composed of moss and grass mixed with wool, and lined with hair or wool. The eggs are five t0 
number. 
1. S. cenanthe (Linn.) PI. enl. 554. — Motacilla vitiflora Pall. 
Gould, B. of Eur. pi. 90. ; CEnanthe cinerea Vieill. ; Saxicola ros- 
tra ta Ehrenb. 
2. S. saltatrix Menetr. Cat. Rais. p. 30. — Saxicola squalida 
Eversm. ; Motacilla stapazina Pall. 
3. S. stapazina (Linn.) Edwards’s Birds, pi. 31. — Saxicola 
-J. fifl 11 - 
aurita Temm. Gould, B. of Eur. pi. 92. ; (Enanthe albico 
Temra. PI. col. 257- f. 1. ; S. xanthomelsena Ehrenb. pj eSC ha n ^ 
4. S. leucomela (Pall.) — Motacilla longirostris et M- £ 3 .', 
S. G. Gmel. Gould, B. of Eur. pi. 89., Temm. PI. co1 ' 2 
Muscicapa melanoleuca S. G. Gmel. 
1 
Originally established in 1845, by Mr. Hodgson, under the name of Muscisylvia {Proc. Zoo/. Soc. 1845); which wort. 
bee” 
previously employed, is changed to the above. 
f Established by Bechstein in 1802. It is equal with Vitiflora of Leach (1S16), and (Enanthe of Vieillot (181 o). 
Campicola Swains. (1827). 
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