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MOTACILLA LUSCINIA. 



Lin. Syst. 328. 



THE NIGHTINGALE. 



PLATE LI. 



X he bill is black at the tip ; of a pale flesh colour 

 at the base. The mouth within, orange colour ; the 

 head black. The wings and tail are of a tawny brown, 

 only the upper part of the tail, and the edges of the 

 wing feathers, are of a stronger and brighter hue, in- 

 clining to an orange red. 



The throat and breast are of a dusky white, having 

 faint touches of a darker hue tending downwards. 

 The belly is white ; the feathers under the tail, a very 

 pale buff colour. 



The hen is distinguished from the cock, by being a 

 smaller bird ; by being of a more dull colour ; and 

 by having a greenish shade on the back. 



The Tortoise-shell Butterfly* feeds on nettles when 

 a caterpillar ; changes to a chrysalis the beginning of 

 June, and appears on the wing about the end of the 

 same month. There is a second brood, which are in 

 chrysalis the beginning of August, and are on the wing 

 before September. 



The shell, on the plate, is a curious variety (with 

 brown and yellow stripes) of the common land Snail. + 



* Papilio Urtica. t Helix Nemoralis. 



