BRITISH BIRDS. 
?3 l 
THE WHINCHAT. 
IMotacilla rubetra y Lin. — Le grand Traquet } on le ta* 
rier , Buff.) 
This bird is fomewhat larger than the Stone- 
chat : Its bill is black ; eyes hazel ; the feathers 
on the head, neck, and back are black, edged with 
ruft colour ; a Break of white paffes from the bill 
over each eye towards the back of the head ; the 
cheeks are blackifh ; chin white ; the breaft is of 
a ruft colour ; belly, vent, and thighs pale buff ; 
each wing is crofted by a white mark near the 
fhoulder, and another fmaller near the baftard 
wing ; part of the tail, at the bafe, is white, the 
reft black, the two middle feathers are wholly 
black ; the legs are black : The colours in ge- 
neral of the female are paler; the white ftreak 
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