574 RUFOUS WHEATEAR. 



former dirty white : under tail-coverts yellowish : 

 the base of the tail is white, the middle black, and 

 the tip whitish, except of the two middle feathers, 

 which are fulvous. 



RUFOUS WHEATEAR. 

 (Vitiflora leucorrhoa.) 



Vi. rufo-Jusca, subtus ochroleuca, uropygio tectricibus basiquc 



caudce albis. 

 Red-brown Wheatear, beneath yellowish white, with the rump, 



base, and coverts of the tail, white. 

 Sylvia leucorrhoa. Lath. Ind. Orn. 2. 531. 81. 

 Motacilla leucorrhoa. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1 . 966. 

 Motteux du Senegal. Buff. Hist. Nat. Ois. 5. 24p. 

 Cul-blanc du Senegal. Buff. PL Enl. 583./ 2. 

 Rufous Wheatear. Lath. Gen. Syn. 4. 499. 77. 



THIS bird is rather larger than the White-rumped 

 Wheatear : it is a native of Senegal : length seven 

 inches : beak black : the upper parts of the body 

 are reddish brown ; the wing-coverts and quills 

 are margined with rufous : the rump, upper and 

 under tail-coverts, and base of the tail, are white : 

 the breast inclines to reddish, and the rest of the 

 under parts are yellowish white : the legs are black : 

 the tip of the tail is similar to the quills. 



