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ORD. III. GEN. XI. WARBLER. 



SPE. VII. RED-TAIL. 



PL 104. 



Motacilla phsenicurus. Lin. Syfl. I. p. 335. 



Le Roffignol de muraille. Brif. Orn. III. p. 403. 



This bird is about the fize of the hedge warbler. The bill is black : the 

 forehead white : the crown of the head, hind part of the neck, back, and 

 fhoulders, deep blue grey j in fome birds approaching to black : the quill fea- 

 thers brown, with pale edges: cheeks and throat black : bread, rump, and fides, 

 red : belly whitilh : the two middle feathers of the tail reddifh brown, the 

 others red : legs black. 



In the female the top of the head, the back, and the lower fide of the neck, 

 are of a deep afh colour : the chin white : and the red parts are of a duller hue. 



This bird has a fine foft note, but is fullen, and not eafily kept alive in con- 

 finement. It is very fhy, yet generally builds in fome hole of a wall, or hollow 

 of a tree, near habitations, and often in gardens, making its neft chiefly of mofs, 

 lining it with hair and feathers, and laying fix or eight eggs, not unlike thofe of 

 the hedge warbler, but more taper. 



For the egg, fee PI. XXIV. Fig. 2. 



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