Bantu urn* in w».i 



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ORD. III. GEN, XL WARBLER. 



SPE. XIV. WHIN CHAT. 

 PI. in. 



Motacilla Rubetra. Lin. Syfl. I. p. 33 2. 



Le grand Traquet, ou le Tarier. BriJ. Orn. III. p. 432. 



This fpecies exceeds the laft a trifle in fize. The bill is black : the eyes 

 hazel : the head and back are of a pale reddifh brown, fpotted with black : over 

 the eye is a ftreak of white : the cheeks are dufky or blackilh : the chin white : 

 the breaft of a reddifli yellow : the belly paler : the quill feathers dark brown, 

 edged with a yellowilh brown : on the wing a fpot of white : the upper part of 

 the tail black, except the two outermoft feathers, which are edged with white : 

 the legs black. 



The female is paler in colour, and the markings every where lefs diftindt, 

 otherwife it differs little from the male. 



This fpecies likewife remains with us the whole year, but retires to the more 

 flickered parts in winter. It frequents heaths like the ftone chat, and builds 

 much in the fame manner. 



For the egg fee PI. XXV. Fig. 3. 



