THE BLACK-EARED WHEATEAR. 

 Saxicola stapazina (Linnaeus). 

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This bird, either closely related to or the same as the Black-throated Wheatear, 

 does not differ from the other in its food, nest, or habits. It has been obtained four 

 times in England, the first near Polegate, Sussex, May 28, 1902, the second shot 

 near Hoo, Sussex, May 22, 1905; another near Pett, Sussex, September 9, 1905, 

 and a fourth obtained at Winchelsea on May 2, 1907. 



According to Mr. Dresser {Manual of Palcearctic Birds^ p. 38), "the female 

 has the dark portions of the plumage brownish-black, the crown, nape, and back 

 brownish-grey," and the habitat of the species is given as " S. Europe, Asia Minor, 

 Palestine, Persia, Morocco, Algeria, Egypt, and Arabia, migrating further south 

 in winter," 



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