Class II. WHITE-THROAT. 387 



into marflies, and other places ; but do not quit 

 the ifland. It is a reftlels and noify bird, and 

 perches frequently on fome bufh, chattering incef- 

 fantly. The head, neck, and throat are black -, but De scrip. 

 on both fides the latter is a white bar, fo that it 

 appears on firft fight to be encircled with white: the 

 feathers on the back are black edged with tawny : 

 the lower part of the back juft above the rump is 

 white : the end and exterior fide of the two out- 

 moft feathers of the tail are of a pale ruft-color, 

 the reft are black : the breaft is of a deep reddifh 

 yellow ; the belly of a lighter hue : the quil-fea- 

 thers are dufky edged with dull red; thofe next the 

 body are marked with a white fpot near their 

 bottoms : the coverts of the wings are adorned 

 with another. The head of the female is ferruo-i- 

 nous fpotted with black ; and the colors in gene- 

 ral lefs vivid. In both fexes the legs are black; 

 which alfo is the character of the two preceding 

 fpecies, as well as that next to be defcribed. 



Wil.orn, 236. Motacilla fylvia ? Lin, fyji, 160. White- 

 Raiifyn. a-v, -jj. ^ 330. throat. 



La Mefange cendree, Parus Kogfnetter, Mefar. Faun. Suec, 



cinereus. Brijfon a'v. IIF. fp. 250. 



549. Br. Zool. 104, plate S. f. 4. 



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HIS frequents our gardens in the fummer 

 time ; in the winter it leaves us. It builds 



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