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SYLVIA rubicola. 
The Stone-Chat. 
S. rubicola. Deep tawny spotted with black, beneath dull rufous, 
throat black, side of the neck and spot on the wings white, 
Turt. Brit. Faun. v. 1 . p. 46 . 
Saxicola rubicola. Beckstein . Temminck man. d’orn. v. 1 . Linn, 
trans. v . 15 . p. 20 . 
Bill black. Iris dusky. Head and throat of the male black ; each 
side of the neck a broad band of white. Quill and tail-feathers 
dusky, with tawny edges. Rump of the male white. Belly pale 
rufous, under the tail whitish. Legs black. Tail often moving 
up and down, and spread out at the same time. 
Length five inches and a half; extent near nine; weight half an 
ounce. Turt. loc . cit . 
The present species, as well as S. rubetra , and S. 
CEnanthe, have, with some other exotic species, been 
formed into a separate genus by most late authors, 
which has been named Saxicola by Beckstein, and 
CEnanthe by Vieillot ; but as the name (Enanthe 
is already occupied with a genus of Umbelliferous 
plants, Beckstein’s name must of course be adopted ; 
we prefer giving them at present under Sylvia, as 
hereafter there will require to be several other genera 
separated from that genus, and the British species pro- 
posed by Mr. Vigors, to which it is to be limited, will 
consist of S. hippolais, S. Trochilus , and S. sylvicola. 
The birds of this species, when wild, are generally 
found on, or near, heaths and commons, frequenting 
the same places as the Whinchat, but they are not so 
tender as that bird, as some of them remain in this 
country all the Winter ; they are very variable in their 
colours, scarcely any two to be seen exactly alike, some 
of them being nearly all white, others having a large 
white patch on the wings and by the side of the neck, 
while others have it very slightly; the brightness of 
