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WHEATEAE. 



FALLOW-CHAT. WHITE-TAIL. STONE-CHACKER. CHACK-BIED. CLOD-HOPPEB. 



PLATE CXIV. FIG. I. 



Sylvia tenanthe, PENNANT. LATHAM. 



Motacilla <&nanthe, LHW^TJS. MONTAGU. GTME.LIN. 



" " WlLLITGHBT. EAT. 



Saxicola eenanihe, FLEMING. SELBT. BECHSTEIN. 



THE nest, which is commenced the middle of May, is sometimes 

 well hid in the innermost recess of some crevice among rocks, in an 

 old wall, stone-quarry, gravel-pit, sand-pit, or chalk-pit, and frequently 

 in a deserted rabbit-burrow, or the hollow under some large clod, tuft, 

 or stone. Mr. Hewitson has known one in the bank of a river, in a 

 hole deserted by a Sand Martin. It is rudely constructed of fine dry 

 stalks of grass or moss, feathers or wool, rabbits' fur, hair, or any 

 other 'odds and ends' that may chance to be procurable. 



The eggs, usually from four to six in number, sometimes, though 

 very rarely, seven, are of an elegant rather elongated form, and of 

 a uniform delicate pale blue colour, deepest at the larger end. A. J. 

 Drake, Esq. has some varieties quite white. 



One is of a dull greyish green, with a few distinct reddish spots 

 all over. 



A second is of a dull greyish green without any spots. 



A third variety is of a dull greyish green, with a few very small 

 reddish spots. 



The young are abroad from the middle of May to June, so that a 

 second brood is frequently reared before the end of July. 



