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FRUTICICOLA RUBETRA. THE WHIN 

 BUSHCHAT. 



WHINCHAT. FURZECHAT. 



Motacilla Rubetra. Linn. Syst. Nat. I. 332. 



Sylvia Rubetra. Lath. Ind. Orn. IL 525. 



Whinchat. Mont. Orn. Diet. 



Traquet Tarier. Saxicola Rubetra. Temm. Man. d'Orn. I. 244. 



Whin-Chat. Saxicola Rubetra. Selb. lllustr. L 183. 



Saxicola Rubetra. Whin-Chat. Jen. Brit. Vert. An. 120. 



Male tcith the upper parts light yellowish-red^ streaJced with 

 distinct oblong hlackish-hrown spots ; a yellowish-white hand over 

 the eye ; a patch on the wing, a longitudinal hand on each side 

 of the neck, ancl the hasal part of the tail, ichite ; the lower parts 

 light red anteriorly, paler hehind. Female with the dark spots 

 larger, the white markings less conspicuous, that on the icing occu- 

 pying only the tips of some of the coverts, the lower parts of a 

 duller and pcder tint. Young icith the upper parts dusky, each 

 feather marked xcith a central oblong yellowish-grey spot, the 

 lower parts light greyish-brown, the feathers on the fore-neck mar- 

 gined with dusky. 



Male. — The Whinchat is intermediate in form and propor- 

 tions between the White-rumped Stonechat and the Black- 

 headed Bushchat. It is a small, compact, lively bird, which 



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