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difficulties that already attend the progress of the ornitholo- 

 gical student. 



PLATE 48. Eig. 1. A male bird of the natural size. General 



From the corners of the mouth a black streak or patch descrip- 

 passes each eye, and covers the orifices of the ear. M ,' , . , 

 Forehead, chin, and eye-brows, white. Upper parts 

 bluish-grey. Wings brownish-black. Lower part of 

 the neck and breast pale chesnut-brown. Belly and 

 vent white. Tail (except the two middle feathers, which 

 are wholly black) white for two-thirds of its length, com- 

 mencing at the base, the remainder black. Legs and 

 toes black. Bill black. 



The female bird has the upper parts yellowish-brown, Female, 

 tinged with grey ; the auricular patch brown, and not 

 so much white upon the tail. 



WHIN-CHAT. 



SAXICOLA RUBETRA, Bechst. 



PLATE XLVIII. FIG. II. 



Saxicola llubetra, Meyer, Tasschenb. Deut. v. 1. p. 252. B. 



Sylvia llubetra, Lath. Ind. Ornith. 2. p. 525. sp. 58. 



Motacilla Rubetra, Linn. Syst.il. p. 332. 16. Gnel. Syst. 1. p. 967- sp. 16. 



llubetra major, Briss. 3. p. 432. 26. t. 24. f. 1. 



(Enanthe secunda, Raii Syn. p. 76. A. 3. Will. p. 234. 



Grand Traquet ou Tarier, Buff. Ois. v. 5. p. 224 Id. PL Enl. 678. f. 2. 



Traquet Tarier, Temm. Man. d'Ornith. v. 1. p. 224. 



Braunkeliger, Steinschmatzer, Bechst. Naturg. Deut. v. 3. p. 684 Frisch. 



t. 22. f. B. male. 

 Whin-Chat, Br. Zool. 1. No. 158.- Will. (Ang.) p. 234 Lath. Syn. 4. 



454. 54 Mont. Ornith. Diet Haye's Br. Birds, t. 39 Levin's Br. 

 irds, 3. 1. 109 Pult. Cat. Dorset, p. 9. Bewick's Br. Birds, v. 1. p. 231. 

 male. 



THIS is also a migratory species, but its appearance is con- Periodical 

 siderably later than that of the Wheat-Ear, as it is seldom vl 

 seen in the south of England before the middle of April, or 

 in the northern counties till the end of that month. Like the 

 two others of its tribe, it is of shy disposition, and is only 



