SAXICOLA.] AVES INSESSORES. 119 



A. aquaticus, Temm. Man. d'Orn. torn. i. p. 265. Alauda petrosa, 

 Mont, in Linn. Trans, vol. iv. p. 41. Rock Pipit, Selb. Illust. 

 vol. i. p. 258. pi. 49. f. 6. Rock Lark, Mont. Orn. Diet. Field 

 Lark, Bew. Brit. Birds, vol. i. p. 216. 



DIMENS. Entire length six inches eight lines: length of the bill 

 (from the forehead) six lines and a half, (from the gape) nine lines ; of 

 the tarsus ten lines and a half; of the hind toe, claw included, ten lines ; 

 of the tail two inches nine lines ; from the carpus to the end of the wing 

 three inches five lines: breadth, wings extended, eleven inches three 

 lines. 



DE SCRIPT. (Adult.) Upper parts dark brown, with a tinge of olive-green ; 

 the feathers on the back, and scapulars, obscurely marked with dusky 

 streaks : quills and coverts dusky, edged with greenish white : above the 

 eye a pale streak : all the under parts whitish, with longitudinal brown 

 streaks on the sides of the neck, breast, and flanks : the two middle tail- 

 feathers cinereous brown ; the others dusky ; the outer one being white 

 in its greater portion, the next tipped with white: bill dusky: irides 

 hazel : feet brown : hind claw curved, about equal to the toe in length. 

 (Young.) The olivaceous tinge of the upper parts more conspicuous: 

 under parts yellowish, spotted as in the adult bird: wing-coverts more 

 broadly edged with pale cinereous brown : the white on the outer tail- 

 feathers less pure, inclining to pale dusky. (Egg.) Greenish white 

 ground, speckled with ash-brown, darkest at the larger end : long. diam. 

 nine lines and a half; trans, diam. seven lines and a half. 



Common on rocky shores, in many parts of the kingdom, where it 

 resides the whole year, but is never found inland. Feeds on marine 

 insects. Song and habits somewhat similar to those of the two last 

 species. Breeds in the clefts of rocks, sometimes at a considerable 

 height from the ground. Nest composed of marine plants, with the 

 addition of a little moss externally, lined with fine grass and a few long 

 hairs. Eggs four or five ; hatched early in the Spring. 



GEN. 23. SAXICOLA, Bechst. 



70. S. (Enanthe, Bechst. (Wheat-Ear.) Upper parts 

 ash-gray : forehead, throat, streak above the eyes, and 

 basal portion of the tail, white. 



S. CEnanthe, Temm. Man. d'Orn. torn. i. p. 237. Wheat-Ear, 

 Mont. Orn. Diet. Selb. Illust. vol. i. p. 181. pi. 48. f. 1. Bew. 

 Brit. Birds, vol. i. p. 264. 



DIMENS. Entire length six inches six lines : length of the bill (from 

 the forehead) six lines, (from the gape) ten lines ; of the tarsus eleven 

 lines and a half; of the tail two inches six lines ; from the carpus to the 

 end of the wing four inches : breadth, wings extended, twelve inches. 



DE SCRIPT. (Male in summer.) Upper parts of the body bluish ash : 

 from the corners of the bill a black band, passing across the eyes, and ex- 

 tending to the ear-coverts ; above the black, a white streak ; forehead 

 and throat white : wings brownish black : fore part of the neck, and upper 

 part of the breast, reddish yellow ; the rest of the under parts white : 

 tail, with the exception of the two middle feathers which are wholly 

 black, white for two thirds of its length from the base ; the remaining 

 portion black: bill and feet black. (Female.) Upper parts cinereous 

 brown, tinged with yellow : the band across the eyes brown : quills with 



