64 WARBLER. 



54.— PROVENCE WHEAT-EAR. 



Sylvia Massiliensis, Ind. Orn. ii. 531. 



Motacilla Massiliensis, Gm. Lin. i. 965. 



Le Fist de Provence, Buf. v. 194. PL enl. 654. 1. 



Provence Wheat-Ear, Gen. Syn. iv. 471. 



LENGTH seven inches. Bill three quarters of an inch, dusky ; 

 top of the head and neck behind pale rufous brown ; the feathers 

 margined at the ends with blackish ; upper parts of the back rufous; 

 lesser wing coverts black, margined with rufous ; quills much the 

 same ; beneath the eyes a yellowish white spot ; body beneath red- 

 dish white, with small blackish spots about the neck and breast ; 

 tail a trifle forked, dusky black ; the two middle feathers margined 

 with rufous, the three next on each side with white, the two outmost 

 wholly white; legs yellowish, hind toe pretty long, but the claw as 

 in the others. 



Found at Provence in France, and called Fist, from its note; 

 when disturbed, it squats beneath a stone, till all is again quiet. 



55 —SPOTTED WHEAT-EAR. 



Sylvia maculata, Ind. Orn. ii. 532. 



Motacilla maculata, Gm. Lin. i. 965. 



La Pivotte Ortolane, Buf. v. 195. PL enl. 654. 2. 



Spotted Wheat-Ear, Gen. Syn. iv. 472. 



SIZE of the last, and not much unlike it. Plumage above 

 brown, spotted with dusky black ; rump and upper tail coverts plain 

 brown ; wing coverts and quills black, margined with dusky white ; 

 prime quills black ; round the eyes yellowish white ; under part of 

 the body dusky white, spotted with black on the neck and breast, 



