Saxicola

Extensive areas are covered by Homonoia riparia scrub (Euphorbiaceae), which support what is probably the largest population of the scarce Jerdon's bushchat (Saxicola jerdoni) known anywhere in southeast Asia.

Northern Khorat Plateau moist deciduous forests 2008

The bird species confined to Réunion are the Réunion cuckoo-shrike (Coracina newtoni, EN), Réunion stonechat (Saxicola tectes), Réunion olive white-eye (Zosterops olivaceus), and Réunion bulbul (Hypsipetes borbonicus).

Mascarene forests 2008

Saw and shot another Myophonus, a Saxicola and an Alcedo, the common one of India; this species has strengthening splints, as it were on both mandibles: and the feet, etc. have no scales, being very different from those of the generality of birds.

Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries William Griffith

Cinclodes, the wagtail; Geobates a Saxicola; Limnornis lives in reed beds growing in the water; Henicornis in reed beds growing out of the water; and many other ground species exist concealed in the grass on dry plains; Homorus seeks its food by digging in the loose soil and dead leaves about the roots of trees; while Geo-sitta, Furnarius, and

The Naturalist in La Plata 1881

Vives meanwhile shot a beautiful tufted cuckoo (_Cuculus glandarius_), a splendid bird, which habitually flies from the crown of one palm to that of another, and also a brace of shrikes, or butcher birds (_Lanius minor_), and some black and white chats (_Saxicola_).

The Caravan Route between Egypt and Syria Archduke of Austria Ludwig Salvator 1881

Years passed and Latin taught me that Saxicola means an inhabitant of the rocks.

The Life of the fly; with which are interspersed some chapters of autobiography Jean-Henri Fabre 1869

To the future must belong the task of deciphering some pages of the immense lexicon; for today I will content myself with remembering the Saxicola, or stonechat.

The Life of the fly; with which are interspersed some chapters of autobiography Jean-Henri Fabre 1869

'Saxicola,' the priest had said, on seeing my find.

The Life of the fly; with which are interspersed some chapters of autobiography Jean-Henri Fabre 1869

Saxicola, divergence of character in species of, 108 recognition marks of, 222

Darwinism (1889) Alfred Russel Wallace 1868

(Saxicola rubicola), the whin-chat (S. rubetra), and the wheat-ear (S. oenanthe) are more or less divergent forms of one type, with modifications in the shape of the wing, feet, and bill adapting them to slightly different modes of life.

Darwinism (1889) Alfred Russel Wallace 1868