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NORTH AMElllCAN IJIIIDS. 



Saxicola oenanthe, }'>i:( hst. 



THE WHEAT-EAB. 



MiilncUla a-iKiiillic, Ijnx. Syst. Nat. I, 17")S, ISO. ,S(i.n'ri)l(i (eiitiii//ie, TJiX'llsT. " Oeiiiein. 

 Xiitiirj;. Isd'J," unci of Kiiii)|)caii authors. — lloLiiiii.i,, Oni. (!nrii. ^l^luls(■n cd.), 1840, 

 i'A ((iiwiilaii(l). — l)Ali:ii, Uii'tls N. Am. iHiiH, 2'20 (Kuiopc) ; Review, 61. — Jonks, 

 i\at. Ui'iiumla, Lsr)!l, is (MciumdiU. -Coins, Vr. A. N. S. 18(il, 218 (Lalmuloi). — 

 Ui;iNHAi;iii', ll>is, l^til, ;"< ((iriM'iilainl). — Dai.i. & Haxnisit.i; (Alaska). Snxkula 

 icmnil/ioii/rs, Vi(;iii;s, /iiul. lilossoiii, lb^■^'.>, lit (N. \V. Amciica). — C.v.ssiN, 111. 1, 1854, 

 2<l8, \i\. .\.\xiv (Nova Siotia). 



8i'. ("ilAii. ( I)i'scii|iti(>ii I'lciin Eiii-((i)t'aii s|ii'ciiii('i).) Male in .spriiij,', forulii'ad, liiii' over 

 till' cyi', and uiidci- parts ;_'cii('rally white; liic laller tiii^'ud with palo ycUowisli-hi-owii, 

 cspei-iaiiy cm the hri'asl and thiciat. A stiipe I'loni tlie iiill thi-oiigli, helow, and lichind 

 tlic eye. with tlic \vini;s, nppei' tilil-cciveils, hill and I'ci't, lilaek. Tail white, with an 

 aliriipt hand ol'liiac'k (alioiil .(ill of an inch loin;) at the end, this eoloi- exlenciin;,' I'urlhei- 

 lip on the iniildle leather. Kest of n]iper parts ash-i;ray ; ipiills and jrreatef eoveits 

 .sli^ditly ed},'ecl with whitish. I;en,i;th, (J.Oi) ; win.ir, ;i.4.'i ; tail, li..")ll ; tai-siis, 1.05. 



Autiiinnal males are tiiiLred with lusty : the lilack iiiaikinjfs hiown. The feinale in 

 si)ring is reddisli-L;ray ; lores and cheeks brown ; the Mack niarkin^'s g-eiierally brownish, 

 and not well delined. Vj\s<xs pale lifrht blue. Xest on ^'ronnd. 



Hah. -Vn Olcl Worlcl sjK'cies (l';iirop(\ Xortherii .Miii'a, and Asia), abnndant. in (ireen- 

 land, loiincl probably as an aniunnial inijiiant in Labrador, Canada, Xova Scotia, Hcriinida, 

 etc. Occurs also on Norton Sound, near I!eliriu^''s Slraibs. Very oeeasioiiul in the East- 

 ern States: Loin;- I>land. 



This bird ii])iH'ars to be abiiiulimt in Xortoii Suiiiul, from which ro^'ion Mr. 

 Dull hu.s recuntly brought speuiiuoiis in full sjirino ^ilnningc. Tht'sc iirc! de- 



cidt'illy sniiiUer tluin liird.s 

 from Liibriidor luid C!reon- 

 liiud, but notdistiugiii.sliable, 

 and seem to iionso jiri^'i.scly 

 with skins from Central Eu- 

 rope. 



H.viUTs. The M-ell-known 

 Wheat-ear is entitled to a 

 pliiee in our faunii, not only 

 as an accidental visitor, but 

 iilso its an occasional resi- 

 dent. Dr. H. 1!. Storer, of 

 Hoston, fomul them breeding 

 in Lid)rador in the siuiimer 

 of lcS4.S, and jirociu'ed speci- 

 mens of the young birds 

 which were fully identified 

 by Dr. Saiiiiiel Ctiliot as lielonging to this species. In the following year 

 Andrew Downs, of llalirux, gave me the .sjiccimeii described and figured 



Saxircln aimnthf. 



