Class II. WHIN-CHAT WARBLER. 



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Sylvia rubetra. S. nigricans, 

 superciliis albis, macula ala- 

 rum alba, gula pectoreque 

 flavescente. Lath. Ind. orn. 

 525. id. Syn. iv. 454. 



LeTarier. Belon av. 36 1. 



Rubetra. Gesner av. 729. 



Le grand Traquet, ou le Ta- 

 rier. Brisson av. iii. 432. 

 tab. 24. jig. 1. Hist. dots. 

 v. 224. PI. Enl. 678. /. 

 2. 



Wil. orn. 234. 



Raii 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.f. 3. 



4. ^rd. Zoo/, ii. 118. 



16. Whin- 

 chat. 



tion. 



J. 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 Descrip- 

 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. 



