







OF BIRDS... ih 
“Tuz WHIN, CHAT. ai’ 
4 | Plamage a rufty brown fpotted with black, a white Lu 
over each eye, a broad patch of black beneath, ant ‘covers a 
| ing the temple i in the male, of brown in the Female; ; two 
white fpots on the wing. The throat and breaft yellowith, 
“two middle feathers of the tail black, the reft white at the 
a black at the tip. | Aes 

Pu tt inhabits F Europe as far nd as Spitfbergen. 
3 ; : lhe Whin Chat feldom perches, but is moftly 
. upon the ground, upon little-hill ocks, in fallow 
lands, The female lays four or five eggs, and 
builds her neft at the bottom of a buh, amongtt fe 
he roots, or on the ground, where it is fheltered | 
bya bie: This bird is of a wild nature, it arrives: 
4nd departs with the Stone Chatter, and fre- 
quents - Mountainous fituations ; it feeds on flies 
and other infe@s, and when fat 1S as delicious. ; 
food as the Ortolan. 
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Tie STONE CH ae 
5 _ Plumage grey, red beneath, a Se. band. under the 
4 hroat, the {paces between the beak, and eyes, black. . | 
This fprightly, active bird is fearcely ever quis oe 
4g et; almoft continuall y hopping and fluttering from ce . 
a buth to bufh, he only repofes for a few moments, — g ce 
Bs and even then he feems {preading his wings, as a 
© though meditating another flight. He rifes into | 
Me air by thort and fudden efforts, and ae turn- e. 
tng round like a wheel. er gl 
etry a aoe The 
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