SYLVIA RUBICOLA. 
STONE-CHAT. 
Generic Character. See Silvia luscinia. 
Synonyms. 
Sylvia Rubicola. Ind. Orn. 2. p. 523. 49. 
MoTAciLLA Rubicola. Lin. Si/st. l,p. 332. 17. 
Stone Chat. Br. ZooL 1. 159. Ib.fol 103. tab. S. 
2. Jig. 5, 6. Lath. St/u. 4. p. 448. 46. 
Mont. Orn. Diet. Vol. 2. Bewick's Br. 
Birds, Pt. 1. p. 240. 
Egg. Ovarium. Brit. Pt. 1. 
TThE weight of this species is about half an ounce, 
breadth eight inches, length nearly five ; bill broad at the 
base, point sharp, slightly notched near the tip ; irides dark ; 
the first four quill feathers terminate in points, the others 
are nearly square at the tips. In the female, the head is of 
the same colour as the back ; she has no white on the rump, 
but in other respects corresponds in colour with the male. 
The Stone-Chat is to be met with in most parts of 
this country, frequenting commons and places abounding 
with furze, in such situations it breeds; its nest is com- 
posed of moss and bents, sparingly lined with hair 
and feathers ; it lays five or six blue eggs, faintly spotted 
at the larger end; the nest is generally placed on the 
ground, at the bottom of a furze bush ; it is very attentive 
to its young, and is particularly tenacious of the nest. 
This 
