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DESCRIP, 
#59. STONE- 
CHATTER. 
STONE-CHATTER. Crass Il. 
it only fhifts its quarters: in the fouth it continues 
the whole year. 
The head and back are of a pale reddifh Tait 
regularly fpotted with black: over each eye is a 
narrow white ftroke, beneath that is a broad bed 
of black, which extends from the bill to the hind 
part of the head: the breaft is of a reddifh yel- 
low: the belly paler: the quil-feathers are brown, 
edged with a yellowifh brown: the upper part of 
the wine is marked with two white fpots: the 
lower part of the tail is white, the two middle fea- 
thers excepted, which are wholly black: the up- 
per part of the others are of the fame color. 
The colors of the female are far lefs agreeable: 
in lieu of the white and black marks on the cheeks, 
is one broad pale brown one: and the white on 
the wings is in far lefs quantity than that of the 
male. 
Le Traquet ou Groulard. Ill. 428. tab. 23. figs 1. 
Belon av. 360. The Male. 
Rubetra. -d4/dr. av. Il. 325. Pontza. Scopoli, No. 236. 
Stone-fmich, Stone-chatter, Occhio dibue. Ziman. 52. 
or Moortitling. Wl. orn. Motacillarubicola. Liz. ff. 
235- 2875 
Pi he. av. 76. Criftofl. Kram. 375 
Le Traquet, Rubetra. Brz/- Br. Zool. 103. plate S. 2. f. 
Jin av. ae 
HIS fpecies is common during fummer, in 
gorfy grounds. In the winter they difperfe 
into 
