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THE STONE-CHAT. 



Silvia rubicola. 

 Motacitla „ 



HIS handsome little bird, al- 

 though tolerably well kn.Qwn 

 in several of the English 

 counties, cannot really be 

 said to be common anywhere. 

 Sussex, Yorkshire, Dorset- 

 shire, Devonshire, Cornwall, 

 Suffolk, Norfolk, and Nor- 

 thumberland, may, however, 

 be mentioned as counties in 

 which it is found most 

 abundantly. The Stone-chat 

 frequents dry heaths, com- 

 mons, and open places, in 

 which patches of brushwood, 

 furze, heaps of stones, and 

 similar objects may be met 

 with. It is know n in vari- 

 ous localities under different 

 names, amongst which the 

 most general are Stone-chat- 

 ter, Furze- chat, Stone-clink, 

 Stone-smith, and Moor Tit- 

 ling. The habits of the Stone- 



