24 FAMILIAR WILD BIRDS. 



brown, and edged with rust colour; the wings are brown, 

 edged with greyish-brown ; the tertiaries white ; the sides 

 of the neck are white, the breast chestnut-brown, shaded 

 off into a pale yellowish tint on the belly and under tail- 

 coverts ; tail brownish-black ; the legs, toes, and claws 

 are black. The female has a general resemblance to the 

 male ; but the white parts of the neck and wings are 

 smaller, the upper part of the body is more dusky brown, 

 and the chin and throat is blackish-brown, spotted with 

 white and red. The young birds, until the succeeding 

 spring, are very much like the adult hen. 



The Stone-chat is said to be met with in several Euro- 

 pean countries, as also in Asia and the Cape of Good Hope. 



