278 WOOD GHAT. Class II. 



versely with brown ^ the lower parts of the body 

 are of a dirty white, rayed with brown ; the tail 

 is of a reddish brown, marked near the end with 

 dusky, and tipt with red. 



" The Wood-chat, in respect to England at 

 least, is a very rare bird ; but is probably not 

 uncommon in France., as Monsieur de Buffon 

 says, the manners are similar to those of the 

 Red-backed Shrike, differing in this particular, 

 that the latter remains throughout the year, 

 whereas the Wood-chat comes in spring and 

 departs in autumn with its young brood. The 

 nest is said scarcely to differ from that of the 

 Red-backed ; the eggs five or six in number are 

 •whitish, sprinkled with brown or fulvous spots. 

 It is supposed to retire to Barbary on the ap- 

 proach of winter. Lecaillant found it in Senegal 

 and at the Cape of Good Hope'" J. L. 



