C8 BIRDS. FASSERES. Sylvia. 



55. S. rubiccla. Stone-chat. — Head, throat, and tail, black - 



The sides of the neck, rump, and belly, white. 



Oenanthe nostra tertia, Will. Orn. 169. Penn. Brit. Zool. i. 380. Temm. 

 Orn. i. 244. — E, Stonesmich, Moor-titling, Blacky-top ; TV, Clochder y 

 cerrig — llesident in England. 



Length b\ inches; weight 5 drams. Bill and legs black. Irides dusky. 

 Plumage on the back, and quills, black, edged with tawny. Wing-covers near 

 the shoulder, white. Breast deep rust colour. In the female, the black on the 

 throat is spotted with white and red, and the black part inclines to dusky or 

 red. The white is less extended. The nest, at the base of a bush of furze, 

 is composed of moss and bent, lined with hair. Eggs 5, of a blue colour, with 

 rufous spots at the larger end, sometimes obscure. The young resemble the 

 female. The males of the first year have the head brown. This species has 

 nearly the same habits as the preceding, except that it is stationary, and does 

 not extend so far to the north. 



Gen. XXX. SYLVIA.— Bill enlarged at the base, its breadth 

 being nearly equal to its height. 



56. S. rubccula. Redbreast. — Greyish-brown above. Throat 



and breast red. Belly white. 



nubecula, Will. Orn. 160. Sibb. Scot. 18. Perm. Brit. Zool. i. 372 — 

 Temm. Orn. i. 215.— E, and S, Robin Redbreast, Ruddoch ; TV, Yr Ho. 

 bigoch Brongoch; G, Broinn dearg. — Common near woods and gardens. 



Length 6, breadth 9 inches ; weight half an ounce. Irides dark umber 

 brown. The nest consists of dried leaves and fibres mixed with green moss, 

 lined with hair, placed in some bank or wall. Egg:; from 5 to 7, whitish, with 

 rusty and cinereous spots. The young are freckled at first. This species 

 lives in woods and retired places, in summer ; during winter, it familiarly ap- 

 proaches the habitations of men, and in all places is a great favourite. 



57. S. Phoenicurus. Redstart. — Bluish-grey above. Throat 

 black. Breast, rump, and lateral tail-feathers, red. 



Ruticilla, Will. Orn. 159. Sibb. Scot. 18. Penn. Brit. Zool. i. 371. 

 Temm. Orn. i. 220. — IV, Rhonell goch ; G, Ceann dearg — A summer 

 visitant. 

 Length 6, breadth 9 inches ; weight half an ounce. Bill and legs black. 

 Mouth yellow. Irides hazel. Front and belly, white. The two middle tail- 

 feathers and epulis dusky. Female, light brown, inclining to grey on the head 

 rnd back. The throat white. Nest in the hole of a wall or tree, of moss, 

 lined with hair. Eggs 5 or 6, of a fine blue colour. In the young males, the 

 black on the throat, and red on the breast, are freckled with white lines. This 

 species arrives in April and departs in Septembei\ Dr Walker, in his MS. 

 notes or Adversaria for 1773, states, that " it builds in Glenea, in Dumfries- 

 shire ; comes in May, and goes about the end of August. Is called the Pink." 



Gen. XXXI. CURRUCA. Warbler.- Bill a little com- 

 pressed anteriorly ; and the superior ridge near the point 

 is slightly arched. 



1. Marsh Warblers. Crown depressed. Wings short, 

 rounded. Tail long, eune'rjbrm. Frequent tlie mar- 

 gins of marshes and rivers. 



