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The Hiftory ^/“ANIMALS, 
Motacilla fufca gula pe&oreque fubrubentibus. 
The brown Motacilla > with the throat and hreaft reddijh . 
This is of the fize of the nightingale: the head is moderately large and rounded $ 
the eyes are bright and fmall, the beak flender and brown : the head, neck, and back 
are of a pale olive brown, with a tinge of grey : the throat and bread are throughout 
of a tawny colour, approaching to reddifh : the belly is white; the wings and tail 
of the fame brownifli colour, but the covering feathers of the hinder part of the 
wing have a few fpots of a dufky ferrugineous colour : the legs and feet are brown* 
the hinder toe long. 
This is frequent in our gardens, and fmgs finely. Authors call it Rubecula and 
Erithacus. 
Motacilla tejlacea, fubtus cinerea , pileo obfcuro . 
The brown Motacilla , with a black cap , and grey breaft . CEp > 
This is a very fmall bird, fcarce larger than the wren ; the top of the head is en¬ 
tirely black; the neck is grey, and the back is of a brown colour, with a very ftrong 
tinge of green in it: the throat, breaft, and belly are of a pale whitilli-grey ; the lower 
part of the belly only is a little yellowifh} the long feathers of the wings and tail are 
brown, but they have a tinge of greenifti about their edges. 
This is very frequent in Italy, and the warmer parts of Europe, and we have it 
alfo in England. All the writers on birds have defcribed it. They call it Atricipilla 
and Ficedula. 
Motacilla fnfca, fubtus alba , peElore maculato . 
The brown Motacilla , white below> and with 
the breaft fpotted . 
This is a little larger than our wren : the head is fmall and rounded ; the eyes are 
hazel, and the beak is brown : the head, neck, and back are of a dufky brown : the 
wings are fomewhat darker than the back, as is alfo the tail: the belly is white, and 
the breaft is grey, fpotted with black: the legs are very flender and brown. 
This is frequent in the Eaft, and in fome parts of Europe ; we have it in England 
but very rarely. Moft of the writers on birds have defcribed it. Some call it Fice¬ 
dula Cannabi'na j others, after Aldrovand and Willughby, Ficedula quarta. 
Motacilla caflanea alis nigro cinereoque variegatis. 
The chef nut-coloured Motacilla , with the wings va- 50 )t tffflLttlt* 
riegated with white and grey. 
This is a very minute bird; we have not in Europe any that is fmaller : the head is 
large and round ; the eyes are dark, and the beak flender and brown : the head, neck, 
and back are of a dufky cnefnut-brown ; the rump is of a brighter brown, as is alfo 
the tail, and all this part is variegated with obfeure and tranfverfe lines of black : the 
throat is of a pale yellowifh colour ; the middle of the breaft is ftill whiter, and the 
lower part of it is variegated with tranfverfe lines of black : the fides alfo are varie¬ 
gated in the fame manner, and the lower part of the belly is of a reddifli-brown ; 
there are a few round white fpots on the wings, as alfo on the bale of the tail: the 
tail is fhort, and is generally carried eredt. 
This is every-where frequent wit h us, creeping about hedges, and taking fhort flights. 
All the writers on birds have named it, and they all call it PalTer troglodytes, 
Motacilla■, 
