Class 11. W H I N - C H A T. 



a dry one, for they not only feed on infedls, but 

 on earth worm?, which come out of the ground in 

 greater numbers in wet weather than in dry. 



The head and back of the male are of a light 

 grey, tinged with red : over each eye is a white 

 line •, beneath that is a broad black flroke, pafling 

 acrofs each eye to the hind part of the head : the 

 rump and lower half of the tail are white ; the up- 

 per half black: the under fide of the body is white, 

 tinged with yellow ; on the neck it inclines to red: 

 the quil-feathers are black, edged with reddifh 

 brown. The colors of the female are more dull : 

 it wants that black flroke acrofs the eyes, and the 

 bar of white on the tail is narrower. Thefe birds 

 difappear in September^ at left from the northern 

 parts of this kingdom -, but in Hampjhire many of 

 them continue the whole v/inter. 



3^5 



Le Tarier. Belon anj, 361. 

 Rubetra. Gefner av, 729. 

 Le grand Traquet, ou le 



Tarier. Brijjhi wv. III. 



432. tab. 24. Jig' I. The 



Male. 

 Wil. orn. 234. 

 Rati Jyn. av. 76. 



Motacilla rubetra. Lin, fyj}, 



332. 

 Faun. Suec. /p. 255. Bcopoli, 



No. 237. 

 Geftettenfchlager. Kram. 375. 

 GrofTer Fiiegenfuenger (great 



Fly-catcher). Frifch^ 1. 22. 

 B/-.ZqoI. 103. plate S. 2. f. 3.4. 



15 



5. Whin 



CHAT, 



THIS is in the north of England^ alfo a bird 

 of pafTage : but we are not certain whether 

 it quits this iiland, but are rather inclined to think 



it 



