SPOTTED WHEATEAR. 



371 



This bird receives the name of 2^/5/ from its 

 cry, which is said to resemble that word : it is a 

 timid species, hiding itself beneath a turf or stone 

 when disturbed : its length is seven inches : beak 

 dusky: top of the head, and hind part of the neck, 

 pale rufous brown ; the tips of the feathers dusky: 

 upper part of the back rufous : lesser wing-coverts 

 and quills black, edged with rufous : beneath the 

 eyes a yellowish white spot : neck and breast 

 spotted with black: the rest of the under parts 

 reddish white: tail slightly forked, dusky black; 

 the two middle feathers edged with rufous, and 

 the four next with white : the two outer ones en- 

 tirely of the latter colour: legs yellowish. In- 

 habits Provence. 



SPOTTED WHEATEAR. 

 (Vitiflora maculata.) 



Vi. nigro-maculata supra Jusca suhtus alhida, orbitis ochroleucis, 

 uropj/gio fuscOf cauda nigra basi alba, rectricibus extimis ex- 

 terius et apice albis. 



Black spotted Wheatear, above fuscous, beneath white ; orbits 

 yellowish white ; rump brown ; tail black, with a white base, 

 with the outer margin and tip of the exterior feather white. 



Sylvia maculata. Lath. Ind, Orn, 2. 532. 86. 



Motacilla maculata. Gmel, Syst. Nat, 1. 965. 



Pivote ortolane. Buff, Hist, Nat, Ois, 5. lQ5,'^Buff, PI, Enl, 



654:./. 2. 



Spotted Wheatear. Lath. Gen. Syn. 4. 472. 82. 



