BRITISH BIRDS. 
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over the eye, and the fpots on the wings, are much 
lefs confpicuous ; and the cheeks, inftead of being 
black, partake of the colours on the head. The 
Whinchat is a folitary bird, frequenting heaths and 
moors ; it has no fong, but only a fimple unvaried 
note, and in manners very much refembles the 
Stonechat ; it makes its neft very fimilar to that 
bird, and is generally feen in the fame places du- 
ring the fummer months ; the female lays five 
eggs, of a dirty white, dotted with black. In the 
northern parts of England it difappears in winter ; 
but its migration is only partial, as it is feen in 
fome of the fouthern counties at that feafon : It 
feeds on worms, flies, and infedbs ; — about the end 
©f fummer it is very fat, and at that time is faid 
to be fcarcely inferior in delicacy to the Ortolan® 
