. A history of the birds of Europe, not observed in the British Isles . MENETEIES WHEATEAE. Saxicola saltatrix. Saxicola saltator, Menetries; Cat. Cauc, 1836. saltatrix, Keyseeling and Blasius; Die Wirbelt, 1840. Schlegel; Eevue, 1844. Degland, !Jlora saltatrix, Bonaparte, 1838. Traquet Oriental, Of the French. Ostlicher Steinschndtzer, Of the Germans. Specific Characters.—The first primary equal in length to thefourth feather of the greater wing coverts; the second a littlelonger than the fifth, the second and fourth about equal, butshorter than the third, which is the lo
. A history of the birds of Europe, not observed in the British Isles . MENETEIES WHEATEAE. Saxicola saltatrix. Saxicola saltator, Menetries; Cat. Cauc, 1836. saltatrix, Keyseeling and Blasius; Die Wirbelt, 1840. Schlegel; Eevue, 1844. Degland, !Jlora saltatrix, Bonaparte, 1838. Traquet Oriental, Of the French. Ostlicher Steinschndtzer, Of the Germans. Specific Characters.—The first primary equal in length to thefourth feather of the greater wing coverts; the second a littlelonger than the fifth, the second and fourth about equal, butshorter than the third, which is the longest in the of a specimen sent me by Mr. Tristram, and which isfigured, six inches and three quarters; carpus to tip of wingfour inches; tail two inches. This bird is aa inhabitant of Egypt, JSTubia, theUral Mountains, Greece, and borders of the CaspianSea. It is mentioned by Mr. Tristram, in his list ofthe Birds of Palestine, and by Dr. Hueglin, amongthose collected by him during a voyage in the RedSea, (Ibis, vol. i., pages 29 and 341.) Dr. Hueglin. MENETRlKs WHEATEAK. 137 found it in the Danakil country, between tlie Peninsulaof Buri and the Gulf of Tadjura, on the Somali coast,and in Southern Arabia. ■ There is nothing to add about the habits of thisbird, which Mr. Tristram says are precisely similar tothose of the Common Wheatear. Head, nape, and back down to the rump, and wingcoverts, a mixture of buff with olivaceous green; rumpand basal half of tail pure white. Wings broAvn, theprimaries after the fourth lightly, and the secondariesmore deeply bordered with the same colour as the back,but brighter, the same tint as the fringe being shewnwhere the colour of the back passes into the whiteof the rump. As usual in all the Wheatears I havedescribed, the two middle tail feathers are black afterthe first third from base. Throat, neck, and lower partof abdomen, dirty white; the chest and upper part ofthe abdomen, under wing and tail coverts, light buff. The col
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