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OF BIRDS. 
The WHIN CHAT. 
Plumage a rufty brown fpottcd with black, a white line 
over each eye, a broad patch of black beneath, and cover¬ 
ing the temple in the male, of brown in the female; two 
white fpots on the wing. The throat and bread yellowifh, 
two middle feathers of the tail black, the reft white at the 
bottom, black at the tip. 
It inhabits Europe as far north as Spitfbergen. 
The Whin Chat feldom perches, but is moftly 
upon the ground, upon little hillocks, in fallow 
lands. The female lays four or five eggs, and 
builds her neft at the bottom of a bufli, amonglt 
the roots, or on the ground, where it is flickered 
by a done. This bird is of a wild nature, it arrives 
and departs with the Stone Chatter, and fre¬ 
quents mountainous fituations; it feeds on flies 
and other infe&s, and when fat is as delicious 
food as the Ortolan. 
The STONE C PI A T. 
Plumage grey, red beneath, a white band under the 
throat, the fpaces between the beak, and eyes, black. 
This fprightly, aftivc bird is fcarcely ever qui¬ 
et; al moft-continually hopping and fluttering from 
bufli to bufli, he only repofes for a few moments, 
and even then he feems fpreading his wings, as 
though meditating another flight. He riles into 
the air by fliortand fudden efforts, and falls, turn¬ 
ing round like a wheel. 
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