BRITISH BIRDS. 177 



THE STONECHAT. 



STONE-SMITH, MOOR-TITLING. 



(Saxicola Rubicola, Bechst. Traquet rubicolc, 

 Temm.) 



LENGTH nearly five inches. Bill black; eyes 

 dark hazel ; the head, neck, and throat black, 

 faintly mixed with brown ; on each side of the 

 neck, immediately above the wings, there is a 

 large white spot ; the back and wing coverts 

 are of a fine velvet black, margined with red- 

 dish brown : the quills are dusky, with pale 

 brown edges, those next the body are white at 

 the bottom, forming a spot of that colour on the 

 wings; the breast is bay, lightest on the belly: 

 the rump white ; tail black, the outer feathers 

 edged with rusty colour: legs black. The co- 

 lours of the female are duller; the white on the 

 sides of the neck is not so conspicuous; the 

 breast and belly much paler, and the white spot 

 on the rump is wanting. 



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