MOTACILLA 



STONE 



RUBICOLA. 



-CHAT, 



Generic Character. See Motaciila lufcinia. 

 Synonyms. 



MOTACILLA RUBICOLA. VlIU Syft, 1. p, 332, 1 J. 



Sylvia rubicola. Ind, Orn. 2, p. 523. 49. 



Stone-Chatter, Br. ZooL 1. 159. Ih. foL 103. 



tah, S. 2, fig. 5, 6. Lath. Syii. 4. p. 

 448. 46. Mont. Orn. Di^. Vol. 2, 

 Bewick's Br. Birds^ Ft, 1. p. 240. 



TThE weight of this fpecies is about half an ounce, breadth 

 ,cight inches, length nearly five ; bill broad at the bafe, point 

 lliarp, nightly notched near the tip ; irides dark ; the firft four 

 quill feathers terminate in points, the others are nearly fquare 

 at the tips. In the female, the head is of the fame colour as 

 the back ; fhe has not the white on the rump, but in other 

 refpe6ls correfponds in colour with the male. 



The Stone-Chat is very generally met with in moft 

 parts of this country, frequenting commons and places abound- 

 ing with furze, in fuch fituations it breeds ; its nell is com- 

 pofed of mofs and bents, fparingly lined with hair and feathers ; 

 it lays five or fix blue eggs, faintly fpotted at the larger end ; 

 the neft is generally placed on the ground, at the bottom of a 

 furze bufli ; it is very attentive to its young, and is particularly 

 tenacious of the neft. 



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