524 WHEAT-EAR WARBLER. Class II. 



ness of the flesh, insomuch that it is even diffi- 

 cult to pluck without bruising them. 



Var. A. MotacillaCEnanthe. /S. S. cor- Lid. orn. b30. Syn.iv. 468. 



vjREY. pore supra fulvo albidoque Cul blanc gris. Brisso7i av. iii. 



vario, collo infimo griseo 452. tab. 21. Jig^ 2, HisL 



maculato, rectrlcibus duabus d'ois. v. 244. 



intermediistotonigris. /.a/A. Br. Zool. app. I 



Descrip- J. he following variety was shot near U:v- 



TION. , . , 



bridge. 



The crown and back were of a tawny brown ; 

 the under side of the neck of a dull brownish 

 yellow ; from the bill to eye passed an obscure 

 dusky line; the quil feathers and secondaries 

 were black, edged Avith tawny and white; the 

 tail like that of the common wheat-ear, but the 

 edges marked with pale tawny. 



