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SYLVIA RUBETRA. 
WHIN CHAT. 
Generic Character. See S. luscinia. 
Sylvia Ruhetra; nigricans, superciliis albis, macula 
alarum alba, gula pectoreque flavescente. 
Whinchat ; blackish ; eye-brows whitish ; wings 
with two white spots ; chin and breast 
yellowish. 
Sylvia Rubetra. Lath. Ind. Orn. v. 2. p. 525. Gen. 
BooL V. 10. p. 706. 
Motacilla Rubetra. Lin. Sj/st. v.]. p, 332. Gmel 
Si/st. V. 2. p. 967. 
Rubetra major sive Rubicola. Briss. Orn. v. 3, 
i?. 432. 16. pL 24. / 1. 
(Enanthe segunda, et Ficedula tertia Aldro- 
VANDis. Will Orn, 234. Raii Si/n. 
Av. 76. 
Grand Traquet ou le Tarier. Buff. Hist. d'Ois, 
V. 5. p. 22A. PL Enl 678. / 2. 
Traquet Tarier. Temm. Man. Orn. ed. 2. p. 244- 
Whinchat. Br. Zool Svo. ed. v. \. p. 525. Lath. 
Si/n. V. 4. p. 454. Don. Br. Birds, t. 60. 
Mont. Orn. Diet. Bewiek's Br. Birds, 
pt. 1 . p. 238. Gen. Zool. v. 10. p. 706. 
Egg. Ovarium Brit. pt.l. 
X HIS is a lively active species, dispersed generally 
throughout this kingdom ; it frequents commons, heaths, and 
places abounding with furze or whins, whence its trivial 
