Class II. WHIN-CHAT WARBLER. 



525 



Sylvia rubetra. S. nigricans, 

 superciliis albis, macula ala- 

 rum alba, gula pectoreque 

 flavescente. Lath. Ind. orn. 

 525. id. Syn. iv. 454. 



LeTarier. Belonav.ZQl. 



Rubetra. Gesner av. 72g. 



Le grand Traquet, ou le Ta- 

 rier. Brisson av. iii. 432. 

 tab. 2^. Jig. 1. Hist.d'ois. 



. V. 224. PI. Enl. 678. /. 

 2. 



Wil. orn. 234. 



Rail Syn. av. 76. 



Motacilla rubetra. Gm. Lin. 



967. 

 Faun. Suec. sp. 255. Scopoli, 



No. 237. 

 Gestettenschlager. Kram. 375. 

 Grosser Fliegenfuenger (great 



Fly-catcher). Frisch, i. 22. 

 Br. Zool. 103. plate S. 2./. 3. 



4. Arct. Zool. ii. 118. 



16. Whin% 



CHAT. 



X HIS is in the north of England., also a bird 

 of passage ; we are not certain whether it quits 

 this island, but are rather inclined to think it 

 only shifts its quarters. 



The head and back are of a pale reddish Descrif= 

 brown, regularly spotted with black; over each '^'°^' 

 eye is a narrow white stroke, beneath that is a 

 broad bed of black, which extends from the 

 bill to the hind part of the head ; the breast is 

 of a reddish yellow; the belly paler; the quil 

 feathers are brown, edged with a yellowish 

 brown; the upper part of the wing is marked 

 with two white spots ; the lower part of the 

 tail is white, the two middle feathers excepted, 

 which are wholly black ; the upper part of the 

 others are of the same color, - 



