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La Fauvette, BriJ.orn. iii. p. 372. 2. — Buf. oif. v. p. 117. pi. 7. — PL en!. 579. i. 1. PETTYCHAPS. 



OlZE of the Hedge Sparrow ; length fix inches. Bill blackifh ; Description. 



^ bafe of the under mandible paler : plumage, on the upper parts, 



greyilh brown j deepefl on the head : from the bafe of the bill a 



whitifh ftreak, paffing over the eye, but not beyond it : the under 



parts are rufous white, inclining molt to the laft colour towards the 



vent: the fides and thighs verge to grey: quills cinereous brown, 



with greyilh edges: tail brown, edged with grey brown; the outer 



feather dirty white on the outer web and towards the tip of the 



inner, dividing the feather obliquely * : legs brown. 



This is a common fpecies in France and Italy, where it frequents Place and 

 the fields and gardens, often building on the pea-fiicks. The neft is Manners. 

 compofed of dried herbs, lined with fine fibres and hair. The eggs 

 are five in number. 



A bird very nearly allied to the above, if not a variety, is alfo not Variety. 

 uncommon in England. Size and length the fame : the upper parts 

 greyiih brown, with a call of green ; the under dufky white, inclin- 

 ing a little to brown acrofs the breaft and over the thighs : the thighs 

 themfelves ftill darker : quills and tail dufky, edged with the general 

 colour of the upper parts, but all the feathers of the laft of one colour : 

 there is alfo an indiftinct trace of white over the eye, as in the laft 

 defcribed : bill and legs brown. 



This is not unfrequent in LancaJIrire, from whence a pair was fent 

 to me from Sir A. Lever. The male and female are much alike. 

 The egg of a dirty white, marked with irregular dufky blotches of 

 various fizes, particularly about the middle; and here and there a 

 fcratch of black. I received it by the name of Pettychaps. 



Motacilla hippolais, Lin. Syji. i. p. 330. 7. 3 ■ 



Pettychaps, or Beccafigo, Rati Syn, p. 79. A. 7. — Will. orn. p. 216. — Br. Zool. i. LESSER 



N° 149. (the defcription). PETTYCHAPS. 



C-IZE rather fmaller than a Linnet. Bill fhort : the upper man- Description. 



dible black ; the under blueiih : infide of the mouth flefh-colour ; 

 above and below the eye a yellowifh line : head, neck, and upper 



* Tke tip of the laft feather but one is alfo white. Hijl. del oif. 

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