BRITISH BIRDS. 



THE CHATTERER. 



SII.K TAIL, OR WAXEN CHATTERER. 



(Bombycilla Garrula, Temm. Grand-jascnr, 

 Temm.) 



THIS beautiful bird is about eight inches in 

 length. Its bill is black, and has a small notch at 

 the end ; the eyes, which are black and shining, 

 are placed in a band of black, passing from the 

 base of the bill to the hinder part of the head ; 

 throat black ; the feathers on the head long, form- 

 ing a crest ; all the upper parts of the body are of a 

 reddish ash ; breast and belly inclining to purple ; 

 the vent and tail coverts in some, nearly white : 

 in others, the former reddish chesnut, the latter 

 ash-grey; the tail feathers are black, tipped with 

 pale yellow ; the quills black, the third and fourth 



