74 STONECHAT. 



STONECHAT. 



STONECHATTER. STONECLINK. STONE-SMITH. 

 MOOR-TITLING. BLACK-CAP. 



PLATE CXII. 



Sylvia rubicola, PENNANT. 



Motacilla Tschecautschia, GMELIN. 



Motadlla rubicola, MONTAGU. BEWICK. 



Saxicola rubicola, FLEMING. SELBY. 



(Enanlhe noslra tertia, RAY. WILLUGHHY. 



ri ^HESE birds pair in March, and commence building 

 -*- towards the end of that month. 



The nest, which is large and loosely put together, 

 and composed of moss, dry grass, and fibrous roots, 

 or heath, lined with hair and feathers, and sometimes 

 with wool, is placed among the grass or other herbage 

 at the bottom of a furze or other bush, or in the bush 

 itself, as also in heather, and even occasionally in 

 some neighbouring hedge, adjoining the open ground 

 which the bird frequents. It is exceedingly difficult 

 to find, on account of its situation in the middle of a 

 cluster of whin bushes such not admitting of the most 

 easy access the female also sitting very close, and, 

 when off the nest, being very watchful of all your 

 movements, hopping quickly from bush to bush, and 

 disappearing suddenly by retreat into cover. 



