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Erythaca rubecula, {¿hrams.j
Genus ERYTHACA,
(3-en. Chak. Bill broad, rather depressed at the base,gfcndy i.mrn>win? towards
i‘ , it is slightly compressed J of mean strength, with the npper mandible deflei
and emargtnated. Nostril# ba-ai, Safoir&l, ovah p itte d ifi a lar^*. membra i
cohcealed by the projecting feathers of-the beset with thick
Wings having the first quill very short, the second doidUk the length of the
shorter than the fourih ami fifth, which are • nearly eqital, isnd ilia longest
Legs With the tarsi longer than the middle too;, the oejfy/ toe mined at i
, middle one; the outer and inner toes short, nearly equaf .&« ;v ¡gth.. mid each
to the second joint of the middle one. Clam »oi ;' that o! th
longest. Form short and compact,
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Erytbaea rhibcekia:.,.
i Wb may consider this hvefy and. familiar bird as swkdv wwfe,,;:?nw \w.
and extensive Election*• rcjettived fiow •vkk-.K, w*S :| ; . v,. <; ;y,,-
example, neidfor is it HwtMswwil w :;vsefov, ••' ’.*■»>?.■ ■?■ hh i-t»h
• it appears, hwwfiver, % -f-fo 3v -»* '-liv.-,
having been received k> a- eidhic-ekw’ vki^r Blse uttom* $*v g;,jS
regions^ are those in which it appe-ws to-be : ; «bax^sim Wfi&-w»T wb»*L , is m;
none, indeed, who are not well acquainted with it« iiakr;-; Jtad treasifiws, and with
fine of. those species whose fearless confidence in ms'i lend U ¡0 fmm*»; •' t- •->•*'*-:-
house, its sprightly manners and its auimatedsong, which is poured.forth morning ai
f the year when-other songsters ore silent, render it--a
Attractive a« the Robin is in all its habits and manners, still it is of a c
disposition: .£#0 .males' seldom agree to lire within the range of the same-'«»den
.tShe stronger always driVTOgyatyspf m weaker antagonist j. lu this respect the Rah
birds that dock together ¿'hit; 'and' even ihwM it« twmHM afifed «peek»,. such, as
which mt%*0e>sA |f§|ck*e of stttmwr to ■% a m m t ^8 | l •; «aiM »hr»1 - »m* ;• .••;•:
impunity, ik kW tifo ;• -;:-vr »/ f:;> ■■. .4» •■: j
and other tm » q tfte t *«ft U rttik to ' -
its natural lbod li’-'.JH-l - |W; i; ■•■ ?;»»rc r u /■,; i*., 1 • -
-The sexes, wlncis dirt- *{$►&• ;■<> phur-u^-e. ‘10
commence the task off *iw#h&tioni at an «ndt ?riod A i'i|y
in consequence of which ilwy h»ve g^acratSv ’S; -
s^te of the nest is entirely according to eiwsBaiwcs*?«;»., 'toms- -''? * .* .-'- ; . :
in | i l side of a house, in a.huie in a watt» «* s-.s«iftsct, Say
naosa, leaves, grass, the stalks of plants,, »w iwjaf 1 iw.i air general!v liru
.fee or six in immber, of ft wlutis^gwy wirk «!■•;. »a». ;vsNg du-dog tini
etfisbMioc would hardly be recogowiwl <is ik: yi^.r v < Sc -i?« •>%«!, so ¿iifeli vi>- •
in the colouring of thetr plumagi^ a • ::.w n l « h: stic wn
«♦embles that of Uie-adults and being rfvesi conqsetent to shift for them-fc'vi
|mrents to a distance and..compelled to fo«i«iie
The top of the head and the whote of the. upper $«f^ce is of a soft oKve i>rt>wn
. darkest j face, throat, a«d bneast fine fei'rucinays -¿ud j the rest of Che under ¡sur&u
,M tarsi blackish brown.
TThe young when folly hedged. tli* varSu'.e of u deep brown, thin
yeJiow; the cltest is shghfiy figged -Wif#. each fhatlteir haying a dark ?.«:*■
greyish white.
The Plate represenfct' ust ¡touiK asdliti adti Sihwiide, end a fully dedged young hi«!;, a