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MOTACILLA RUBETRA, 



Sy%t. Nat. 332. 



WHIN CHAT, OR EUTICK. 



PLATE LXXVII. 



X he bill and eyes are black ; from the base of the bill 

 a white line is extended over the eye to the side of the 

 neck. The feathers on the head and back are black, 

 with brown borders. The rump and covert feathers 

 of the tail incline to a tawny-colour. The tail con- 

 sists of twelve feathers ; their bottoms are white, the 

 rest black ; as are also the wing feathers, except their 

 margins, which are of a dusky-brown. The first wing 

 coverts are mixed with white and black ; the second 

 are wholly white, which make a conspicuous white 

 mark on the extended wing. The throat is white ; the 

 breast, of a tawny-brown ; the belly and under-coverts 

 of the tail, white ; the legs and feet are long, slender, 

 and black. In the hen, the line over the eye is a 

 dusky-white ; the first coverts of the wing are destitute 

 of white, and the second have light coloured tips. 

 They inhabit meadows, and nest among the grass. 

 They sit on a wall or some little hillock, frequently 

 stooping, raising the tail, and repeating a cry like the 

 word eutick. The male mounts a tree to sing ; his song 

 is agreeable, and the notes well varied. His voice is 

 astonishingly loud and shrill, considering the smallness 

 of the organ. 



