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RUFOUS WHEATEAR. 



former dirty white : under tail-coverts yellowish : 

 the base of the tail is white, the middle black, and 

 the tip whitish, except of the two middle feathers, 

 which are fulvous. 



RUFOUS WHEATEAR. 



(Vitiflora leucorrhoa.) 



Vi. rufo-fmcat subtus ochroleuca, uropygio tectricibus basique 

 caudce albis. 



Red-brown Wheatear, beneath yellowish white^ with the rump, 



base, and coverts of the tail, white. 

 Sylvia leucorrhoa. Lath. Ind. Orn. 2. 531. Sl» 

 Motacilla leucorrhoa. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1, Q66. 

 Motteux du Senegal. Buff. Hist. Nat. Ois. 5. 249, 

 Cul-blanc du Senegal. Buff. PL Enl. 583./. 2. 

 Rufous Wheatear. Lath. Gen. Syn. 4. 499. 77' 



This bird is rather larger than the White-rumped 

 Wheatear : it is a native of Senegal : length seven 

 inches : beak black : the upper parts of the body 

 are reddish brown ; the wing-coverts and quills 

 are margined with rufous : the rump, upper and 

 under tail-coverts, and base of the tail, are white : 

 the breast inclines to reddish, and the rest of the 

 under parts are yellowish white : the legs are black : 

 the tip of the tail is similar to the quills. 



