. An illustrated manual of British birds. Birds. TURBINE. 23. ?<?./., THE BLACK-THROATED WHEATEAR. SAXfcOLA STAPAZfNA, Vieillot. A male in adult plumage of this handsome South-European species was shot about the 8th of May 1875, near Bury in Lanca- shire, and subsequently recorded by Mr. R. Davenport, who, as should always be done in the case of such rare visitors, sent the specimen for exhibition at a meeting of the Zoological Society (P, Z. S. 1878, pp. 881, 977). A bird, probably of this species, was seen and sketched by Mr. H. B. Hewetson near Spurn, Yorkshire, on September i8th 1892 (Z
. An illustrated manual of British birds. Birds. TURBINE. 23. ?<?./., THE BLACK-THROATED WHEATEAR. SAXfcOLA STAPAZfNA, Vieillot. A male in adult plumage of this handsome South-European species was shot about the 8th of May 1875, near Bury in Lanca- shire, and subsequently recorded by Mr. R. Davenport, who, as should always be done in the case of such rare visitors, sent the specimen for exhibition at a meeting of the Zoological Society (P, Z. S. 1878, pp. 881, 977). A bird, probably of this species, was seen and sketched by Mr. H. B. Hewetson near Spurn, Yorkshire, on September i8th 1892 (Zool. 1892, p. 424, and 1895, p. 57). Although some occurrences formerly recorded under this name in Heligoland were really those of the Desert-Wheatear, yet the present species seems to have been obtained there once; while Schlegel records it from Haarlem, Holland. It breeds regularly about as far north as the line of the Loire in France; southward, in the Spanish Peninsula, Morocco, Algeria and Italy. In the latter country it meets with S. melanoleuca, Giildenstadt: a form which some ornithologists consider to be specifically distinct, characterized by a whiter back and larger amount of black on the throat. This form occupies Greece, South Russia, Asia Minor, Palestine and Persia; both races migrating wholly or partially to more southern. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Saunders, Howard, 1835-1907. London, Gurney and Jackson
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