Ciasslk. WHiIN-CH A T. 
a dry one, for they not only feed on infects, but 
on earth worms, which come out of the ground in 
ereater numbers in wet weather than in dry. 
The head and back of the male are of a light 
grey, tinged with red: over each eye is a white 
line ; beneath that is a broad black ftroke, paffing 
acrofs each eye to the hind part of the head: the 
rump and lower half of the tail are white; the up- 
per half black: the under fide of the body is white, 
tinged with yellow; on the neck it inclines to red: 
the quil-feathers are black, edged with reddith 
brown. ‘The colors of the female are more dull: 
it wants that black ftroke acrofs the eyes, and the 
bar of white on the tail is narrower. Thefe birds 
difappear in September, at left from the northern 
parts of this kingdom; but in Hampfbire many of 
them continue the whole winter. 
Le Tarier. Belon av. 361. Motacilla rubetra, Liz. fpf 
Rubetra. Gefner av. 729. bag . 
33 
Le grand Traquet, ou le Faun. Succ. fp. 255. Scopoli, 
Tarier. Brifon av. Ill. No. 237. 
432. tab. 24. fig. 1. The Be igs Kram. 37%. 
Male. Grofler Fliegenfuenger (great 
Wil. orn. 234- Fly-catcher). Fri/ch, 1,22. 
Raii fyn. av. 76. Br. Zool. 103. plate 8. 2. f. 3.4. 
HIS is in the north of England, alfo a bird 
of paffage: but we are not certain whether 
if quits this ifland, but are rather inclined to think 
t 
. 
Cm 
385 
- 158. W sin- 
CHAT. 
