Defer. 



272 STONE-CHATTER. Ciafs II, 



XJII. The STOK E-CH ATTER. 



L^Tiaquetou Groulard. Belon iii. 428. tab. z$-fig- i. The 



av. 360. Male. 



Ruberra. Aldr. av. ii. 325. Occhio di bue. Zinan.^z. 



Stooe-fmich, Stone-chauer, or Motacilia rubicola. Z?'«.yjr/?. 332. 



Moor-titl-ng. Wil.orn. 235. Cnftoffl. Kram. 375. 



Raiifyn. av> 76. Br. Zool. 103, plate S. 2. f. 5, 6. 

 Le Traqutt,Rube:ra. BrlJ/bnav. 



THE entire migration of this bird is alfo doubt- 

 ful. With us it is common on gorfy grounds - s 

 it is a reftlefs and noify bird, and perches frequently 

 on fome bufh, chattering incelTantly. The head, 

 neck, and throat are black ; but on both fides the 

 latter is a white bar, fo, that it appears on firft 

 fight to be encircled with white : the feathers 

 on the back are black edged with tawny : the lower 

 part of the back juft above the rump is white : the 

 end and exterior fide of the two outmoft feathers of 

 the tail are of a pale ru it-color, the reft are black : 

 the breaft is of a deep reddifh yellow •, the belly of a 

 lighter hue : the quil feathers are dufky edged with 

 duli red ; thofe next the body aie marked with a white 

 fpnt near their bottoms : the coverts of the wings are 

 adorned with another. The head of the female is 

 ferruginous fpotted with black ; and the colors in 

 general lefs vivid. In both fexes the legs are black ; 

 which alfo is the character of the two preceding 

 fpecies, as well as that next to be defcribed. 



XIV. The 



