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of the same subspecies was 

 April 3()th, 1914. It was 



J. B. XlCHOI.S. 



A male (with a white throat 

 shot at Peveiisey, Sussex, on 

 examined bj^ Mr. M. J. Nieoll. 



EASTERN BLACK-EAR KD WHEATEAR SEEN 

 IN YORKSHIRE. 



On June (ith, 1915, I met with a male \\'heatear on the moor- 

 edge of the Cleveland Hills. Yorks., about ten miles from 

 the sea. I had the bird under observation for three hours 



AVHEATISAK ,SEK.N .1 r NK Uni, lul... t»N llIK 

 YORKSHIRE. 



i,i;\ Ki.ANl) Hli,],;- 



(From a water-colour xketch by IT. .S. Me'llicott, innd<' just after seeing the bird. 

 and from notes made on the spot.) 



(from 1 to 4 i).m.), and for most of the time he was on a 

 stone wall, occasionally Hyin^ to the jiround when he s]iotted 

 an insect. 



In colour there was nothing on this bird but pun white 

 and sooty black, with the slightest suspicion of brown in it. 

 The bird was ]iure white all over with the following 

 exce]itions : — 



Winffs. — Black. 'J'ltroat.- — From just above the eyes and 

 base of beak to about | in. below base of beak, and from 

 behind each eye, l)lack. Tail. — Some centi-al fcathei's black : 



