60 WARBLER. 



Rubetra, Bris. iii. 428. t. 23. 1.— male. Id. Svo. i. 429. 



Saxicola Rubicola, Tern. Man. Ed. ii. 246. 



Oenanthe nostra tertia, Raii, 76. A. 4. Will. 169. t. 41. 



Sylvia lutea capite nigro, Klein, 76. 8. Id. Ov. 25. t. 10. f. 14. 



Swartzkehliger steinschmatzer, Bechst. Dent. iii. 694. t. 23. 



Traquet, Buf. v. 215. pi. 13. Pl.enl. 678. 1. Hist. Prov. i. 508. 



Occbio di Bue, Zinnan. Von. 52. t. 7. f. 40. 



Tschecantschiki, N. C. Petr. xv. 488. 489 ? t. 25. 3. 



Dornreich, Gunth. Nest. u. Ey. t. 98. — lower figure. 



Stone-smichj Stone-chatter, Moor-titling, Gen. Syn. iv. 448. Br. Zool. i. No. 159. 



Id.fol. 103. t. S. 2. f. 5. 6. Id. Ed. 1812. i. 520. Will. Engl. 235. t. 41. 



Collins, Birds, pi. 9. f. 10. & pi. 11. f, 8. Shaw's Zool. x. 709. pi. 55. Albin, i. 



pi. 52. Hayes, Birds, pi. 39. Bewick, Birds, pi. p. 233. Lewin, Birds, iii. 



pi. 108. Walcot, Birds, ii. pi. 239. Pult. Dors. p. 9. Donov. iv. t. 92. Orn. 



Diet. Graves, Br. Orn. V. i. Id. Eggs, pt. 1. 



LENGTH five inches or more ; weight five drachms. Bill black, 

 with a few weak hairs at the base; irides dusky; the head, neck, 

 and throat, are black, or nearly so ; the upper parts of the body 

 mixed blackish and pale rufous; the feathers margined with the 

 latter; on each side of the neck a transverse streak of white, giving 

 at a distance the appearance of a white collar ; breast reddish yel- 

 low ; belly paler ; vent nearly white ; rump quite white ; quills 

 dusky, margined with ferruginous ; those next the body marked 

 with a white spot near the base, and a second spot of white on the 

 coverts; tail black, the outer edges, and ends of the two outer 

 feathers, ferruginous ; legs black. 



The female has the colours less vivid ; the head not black, but 

 like the rest of the upper parts; sides and throat palest; the white 

 on the sides of the neck less conspicuous, and that on the wings the 

 same, but the rump not white. Young male birds, of the first year, 

 have the black feathers on the head mixed and edged with rufous. 



This is a common species, and for the most part inhabits dry 

 places, such as heaths and commons, living on insects, which it is 

 often seen to take in the manner of a Flycatcher, springing on the 

 flies which pass within reach, and returning to the twig it first sat 



