386 STONE-CHATTER. Class II. 



it only fliifts its quarters: in the fouth it continues 

 the whole year. 

 DEscRif. The head and back are of a pale reddifh brown, 

 regularly fpotted with black : over each eye is a 

 narrow white ftroke, beneath that is a broad bed 

 of black, which extends from the bill to the hind 

 part of the head : the bread is of a reddifh yel- 

 low : the belly paler : the quil-feathers are brown, 

 edged with a yellowifh brown: the upper part of 

 the wing is marked with two white fpots : the 

 lower part of the tail is white, the two middle fea- 

 thers excepted, which are' wholly black : the up- 

 per part of the others are of the fame color. 



The colors of the female are far lefs agreeable : 

 in lieu of the white and black marks on the cheeks, 

 is one broad pale brown one : and the white on 

 the wings is in far lefs quantity than that of the 

 male. 



ten. Stone- Le Traquet ou Groulard. llf. 428. tab, 23. fig, i. 



CHATTER. Belon a^, 360. The Male. 



Rubetra. Jldr. anj, II. 325. Pontza. Scopoli, No. 236. 



Stone-fmich, Stone-chatter, Occhio di bue. Zinan. 52. 



or Moortitling. JVil. orn. Motacilla rubicola. Lin.fyji. 



235- 332. 



Raii/yn. a-v. 76. CrillofH. Kram. 375. 



Le Traquet, Rubetra. Brif- Br. Zool. 103. plate S. 2. f. 

 /on a'v* 5, 6. 



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HIS fpecies is common during fummer, in 

 gorfy grounds. In the winter they difperfe 



into 



