• S T O N E -C H A T .
Saxicolà rubicola.: (Sedul/J.
S T O N E C I A T,
•'ili. TEhfiwiiPCK, whose knowl.a%(r of fwUropeun UK»nnot he puestioncd 4
' . d'Ornithologie,” that the r*fcmh f| a Imlof in Europe, hut éÉEhi^mi
this may be., it is certainly stationary5n Kbidtentl, tuwl mm be observed^ «if f i f f Î on SiâîiâM i K l S i
ifoid shrubby heath», | | | | extremity off % i | f l | | Isles to the other. U ^ pmr*W'si «:
range of habitat, as eHabi'jde» from lltlpjlf; |«*se»t ¿.¡> spetetâc di(fo*5{soe«.s lis ki$$SK %§{ ,crs
jure somewhat in anisoj» ■with its allied cosipjstser tta 'Whinchat, but it ¡ n m m t re>{ ifjSta »afthi,.;Dio
'from hush to btslii, or to rock, and hot MaG'i'^&kinfclv ]3ercSn% on (he -.r W i\jvcr ••• -'
highest twig of the whîhbhsà,-at. tiwj same tittwii^^i^ its siiïg'ülariim^itoïiOitW notes, which
fo-, the dick ing of twosf onesstruck together ait treated intervals.
; ' ; The present brrd ami the ‘Whineiiat w | H **&*&<*, Bedhst;) present iwa»y Χî§|îi $ etifcs^.
form and habits, from the re$t of the gCTius : instead <üf beine- omniied ahnüs.»; tireiiiMiMv-éo-tiA»
the base mth Semcofa oenanihc, stupmim ami aatiUix tiiéy give- tile preference to îftiK and. a, .
ajwTis noticed, on which they habitually perch, cbmtitatmg in tins respect an intermediate grade between *
giîiuiine Suvicofa and this-true woodland Sylvia^ or rather, perhaps, thé Mmkapulr
„-theyresemble in the abruptness of their actions and ia their manner of di<rtii«r from them nerch ;>* insect t
| É «'¡pg. in pàwiii» of wbicii % • aip¥«r-¡weMntly MCTji!«!.;-. The», U M ’n i i t ' i m W ' i n l !
Constitute their food.
The.Stonk^/fo»i4. S|i «os» |i !$f Wwof» of §§|t|§l ® f t | |S rh. ■ r: t - . | , <_•,!„ •; ,:, . ,
! gféen 'with-à few Wot-;'!«?« j|ji||
The inttJe- »Did ffetfia.ie Aflbr ■& dwti!«*} ttotidWiatVwi coWohc
ejf.a pure white; the -back deep• Mack,. eatah feather.bhurtwg » lijrfit mar, ”.
deep rtifoos, |||$p§|p> on. the mtef sm-fec-m
-The femalehna the .'■vii'iiie'îMitFia b-vwwKh b1arA„oiwth fift-îtiÎM.f ¡it•■,
jiao those of the wingfthod||||jf*Win«««» -, fa illi "k1® r:- , i || ^ 4,
The Plate represents a male ami femiife in add