BRITISH BIRDS. 



THE WHEATEAR. 



WHITE-RUMP. 



(Saxicola sEuautJic, Bechst. Traquct motciix, 

 Temm.) 



LENGTH five inches and a half. Bill black; eyes 

 hazel; from the base of the bill a black streak or 

 patch is extended over the eyes, cheeks, and ears, 

 where it is pretty broad ; above this there is a 

 line of white; the top of the head, hinder part of 

 the neck, and the back, are bluish grey; the wing 

 coverts and quills are dusky, edged with rusty 

 white ; the rump is perfectly white, as is part of 

 the tail; the rest black; the under parts are pale 

 buif, tinged with red on the breast: legs and feet 

 black. In the female the white line above the 

 eye is somewhat obscure, and all the black parts 

 of the plumage incline more to brown ; neither is 

 the tail of so pure a white. 



