BRITISH BIRDS, 
219 
THE WHITE-THROAT. 
MUGGY. 
( Motacilla fylvia , Li n>—La Fauvette gr\fe y Buff.) 
The length of this bird is about live inches 
and a half: Its bill is dark brown, lighter at the 
bafe ; eyes dark hazel ; the upper part of the 
head and back are of a reddilh alh colour ; throat 
white ; leffer wing coverts pale brown ; the greater 
dulky brown, with reddilh margins ; brealt and 
belly filvery white ; the wings and tail are dulky 
brown, with pale edges, the outer feathers white j 
the legs pale brown : The brealt and belly of the 
female are entirely white. 
This bird arrives with the Reditart, Black-cap, 
&:c. in the fpring, and quits us in autumn about 
the fame time with them; it frequents thickets 
