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Il. 
LESBIAN B. 
Description. 
PLace. 
12. 
LORRAIN B. 
DescrRiPTioNne 
BAW Noo) N? ae 
Le Mitilene de Provence, Buf. oi/. iv. p. 322.—Pl. ent. 656. 2. 
HIS is fomewhat like the laft, but has not the black fpot 
under the eye; having, inftead of it, only three narrow 
black bands, the fpaces between which are white: it is alfo white 
round the eye: the breaft, rump, and fides, are not fpotted with 
dufky: the tail feathers are white, or edged with it, except the 
two middle, which are dufky, edged with rufous. 
This alfo is found in Provence, and differs in not being in fong 
till Zune; is more rare than the laft, and very wild; and, fetting 
up a {cream on the approach of any of the birds of prey*, it is 
called Chic, or Chic de Mitilene. 
L’Ortolan de Lorraine, Buf. oi/. iv. p. 323.—Pl. enl. 511. f. 1. (male). 
Ortolan de paffage, PJ. ex/. 511. f. 2. (female) 
LENG T Hi fix inches and a half. Bill brownifh flefh-colour :- 
the upper parts of the head, neck, and body, are rufous, 
dafhed with black: fides of the head pale: through the eye a 
ftreak of black: from the bafe of the lower mandible, and round 
the chin, rifing to the ears, another ftreak of black: the under 
parts, as far as the breaft, pale afh-colour, dotted with black ; 
* The Greeks in the ifland of Lefbos, or Metelin, are faid to ufe this inftin& to: 
their advantage, by placing one of thefe ‘birds among their poultry in their 
yards, in a ftrong cage; by which means the fowls there kept are fooner ad- 
vifed of the approach of the Hawk, or any bird of prey, than by any other 
racthod.—Hii/?. des oi/. 
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