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little forked ; the two middle feathers blackim brown 5 the others 

 obliquely brown and fulvous. 



One like this, brought from the fame place, and appearing as 

 the female, had the whole of the upper parts blackilh brown ; the 

 throat white, and the breaft rufous. 



Both of thefe were fent from the Cape of Good Hope. 



451 



Motacilla caprata, Lin. Syji. 1. p. 23;. N° 33. 



Le Traquet de L'Ifle de Lucon, Brif. orn. iii. p. 442. N° 30. pi. 24. f. 2. 3. 

 Buf. oif. v. p. 229. — PI, enl. 235. f. 1.2. 



O I Z E of the Stone-Chatter. Bill dufky : the whole bird is 

 blackifh brown, except the leffer wing coverts nearefl: the 

 body, and the vent, which are white j and in fome birds the rump 

 is alfo white : legs black brown. 



The female is brown above ; beneath, rufous brown : throat 

 whitifh : rump and upper tail coverts pale rufous j the under, 

 dirty rufous white : tail brown. 



Inhabits the Ijle of Luzonia, where it is called Maria-capra. 



In fome Chinefe drawings I met with a bird fimilar to this Stone- 

 Chat. The head, neck, and upper parts, were blue black : the 

 under, reddilh white : greater wing coverts tipped with white, 

 forming an irregular white bar : bill and legs pale red. 



{8. 

 LUZONIAN W. 



Description* 



Female, 



PLACE* 



Motacilla fulicata, Lin. SyJl. i. p. 336. N° 39. 



Le Traquet des Philippines, Brif. em. iii. p. 444. N°3I. pi. 23. f. 2. — SOOTY W. 

 Buf. oif. v. p. 230. — PL enl. 185. f. I. 



j I Z E of the laft, but has a longer tail : the length is fix inches Descriptor. 

 and a quarter. The general colour more or lefs of a violet 



3 M 2 black : 



