TITYRA PERSONATA. 



and is stiff, sharp-pointed, and falciform : the tail is composed of twelve 

 feathers, equal at the end, and in colouring it nearly resembles that of our 

 common Wheat-ear (Sawicola cenanthe) : the shafts of the feathers are black, 

 the tip for two-eighths of an inch yellowish-white, beyond which it is 

 black for nearly an inch, or until it is hid by the upper coverts ; the re- 

 maining part of the base is bluish- white : the tarsi and feet are strong, and 

 of a deep bluish-black. 



