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Motacilla fylvia, Lin. Syji. i. p. 330. N° 9.— Faun. Suec. N° 250.— Bruit. 

 +■ WHITE- 71. N° zj^.—Muller, p. 32. N° 269. 



THROAT. L a p auvette grife, ou la Grifette, Brif. orn. iii. p. 376. N° 4. pi. 21. 



f. 1. — Buf. oif. v. p. 132. — PI. enl. 579. f. 3. 

 La Mefange cendree, Brif. orn. iii. p. 549. N° 4.— i?«/". oif. v. p. 409. III. 

 La Vitrec a menton blanc, Salerne, p. 226. 6. 

 Stoparola, Raii Sjn. 77. A. 6. 



White Throat, id. A. i.—PFill. orn. 210? 256.— Br. Zool. i. N .i6cu — 

 ArB. Zool. 



Br. Muf. Lev. Muf. 



Description. T ENGTH above five inches and a half. Bill black, at the 

 bafe whitifh : irides chefnut * : head brownifh afh-colour : 

 the back reddifh : lefier wing coverts pale brown ; the greater 

 brown,, with reddifh margins : throat white : bread and belly 

 reddifh white : tail and quills dufky, edged with pale browny 

 except the outer feather, which has the outer web wholly white! 

 and inner the fame, half way from the bafe : legs pale brown. 

 Female. The female differs in having the breaft and belly wholly white. 



Place and This is a bird of paffage, vifiting us in fpring, and leav- 



Manmers. j n g us j n autumnj an d j s not uncommon in England. It fre- 

 quents the hedges, and makes a neft two or three feet from the 

 ground, compofed of mofs, and dry ftalks of herbs. The eggs 

 are five in number, of a greenifh grey, marked with rufous and 

 brown * fpots. 



It is known alfo in France, and many other parts of the Euro- 

 pean continent, and is called by the people of Provence, Ls 

 Pajferi'ne. 



* Sometimes yellowifli hazel, f Black. Willugbty. 



With 



