﻿45° WARBLER. 



Buffon compares its note to the word ouijlrata frequently re- 

 peated ; but I have ever thought it exactly imitating the click- 

 ing of two ftones together, one being held in each hand. If 

 others have thought the fame, it will eafily account for the reafori 

 of its being called the Stone-Chatter. 



47. « 



SYBIL W. Motacilla ilbilla, Lin. Syft. i, p. 337. N° 44. 



Le Traquet de Madagafcar, Brif. era. iii. p. 439. N° 28. pi. 24. f. 4. — 

 Buf. oif. v. p. 23 1. 



Lev. Muf. 



Description. '"PH I S is much allied to the laft, but is a trifle bigger. The 

 head, neck, and upper parts of the body, are black ; but 

 the feathers of the back,, and wing coverts, have tawny margins :. 

 it has the white fpot on the wings, like the laft, but wants that of 

 the rump ; and the tail feathers are all black : the under parts 

 are white, which goes backwards on each fide at the lower part of 

 the neck, like a half-collar : the breaft is rufous. At firft fight 

 it may be taken for the laft fpecies. 

 Placs-. This is found at Madagafcar, where it is called Fitert. 



It is faid to fing well. 



47 •■ Le Traquet da Cap de Bonne Efperance, Buf. oif. v. p. 233,. 



V A B . A. 



Description. T ENGTH fix inches. Bill black : upper parts of the headj, 



neck, and body, deep greenifti brown : under parts grey, 



tinged with rufous ; and the rump is likewife of this laft colour : 



wing coverts and quills brown, edged with paler brown : tail a 



little 



