5U WHEAT-EAR WARBLER. Class II. 



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

 cult to pluck without bruising them. 



Var. A. Motacilla CEnanthe. j3. S. cor- hid. orn. 530. Syn. iv. 468. 



(jREY. p 0re SU p ra fulvo albidoque Cul blanc gris. Brisson av. iii. 



vario, collo infimo griseo 452. tab. 21. Jig. 2. Hist. 



maculato, rectricibusduabus d'ois. v. 244. 



intermediis toto nigris. Lath. Br. Zool. app. 



Descrip- J. HE following variety was shot near Ux- 



TION. 7 . , 



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 with tawny and white; the 

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

 edges marked with pale tawny. 



