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SAXICOLA ffiNANTHE. THE WHITE-RUMPED 

 STONECHAT. 



WHITE-RUMP. FALLOW SMICH. WHEAT-EAR. WHITE-TAIL. STONE-CHAT. 

 STANECHACK. CLACHARAN. 



Motacilla CEnanthe. Linn. Syst. Nat. I. 332. 



Sylvia CEnanthe. Lath. Ind. Orn. IL 529. 



Wheat-ear. Mont. Orn. Diet. 



Traquet moteux. Saxicola OSnanthe. Temm. Man. d'Orn. I. 237. 



Wheat-ear. Saxicola CEnanthe. Selb. lUustr. I. 181. 



Saxicola CEnanthe. Wheat-ear. Jen. Brit. Vert. An. 119. 



Male with the upper parts light ash-grey ; a black band from 

 the bill, over the cheek and auricular region, rump and upper tail- 

 coverts white. Female with the upper parts brownish-grey, a 

 brown band on the cheek, the rump as in the male. Young with 

 the upper parts greyish-brown, the central part of each feather 

 paler, the lower parts light greyish-yellow, the feathers of the 

 neck and breast tipped with brown, the dark band on the side 

 of the head wanting. 



Male. — This lively and beautiful bird, which, by its at- 

 tachment to stone walls, and the brightness of its colours as 

 compared with those of most of our small birds, attracts the 

 notice of the least observant, is of a rather compact form, its 



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