OTMJECULA UETTCOCYMTA .
CYANECULA LEUCOCYANA.
White-throated Biuebreast.
Cyanecula /■■>■■■ -yam, Brchm, Naum. Vög. t. 364. f 1, 2, & t. 361. f I, 2.
On referei
varions Bli
from each
Wagtails i
colour :g B
further scii
my description of Cymiecuh smcim it will be seen that I have questioned whether the
ts which are found in Europe and in many parts of Africa, India, and China are distinct
« , or merely varieties of one and the same species. But if we consider the numerous Yellow
eh extend over a similar area distinct, it will scarcely he consistent to unite the differently
breasts. When these pretty birds are more closely studied 1 think it likely they will he still
Ited than they have been. As to the countries they frequent, each appears to be confined to a
ality. In Europe these variously marked migrants resort in summer to very different sections
™ o f the gIolle- H ie first-described species (the Motacilla medca of Linnams), which
is distinguished by a red spot in the centre o f the blue breast, frequents the most northern and eastern
ports; while the C'yammla leucoetjana, with a silky-white spot in the same place, is found in the southern
and western portions of the continent—that is, from the hanks o f the Bliine to the Mediterranean. Both the
red- and the white-spotted birds have been seen in the British Islands; but it is upon the latter only that it
O f the C. suecica sufficient lias been said in the description accompanying the
) doubt that ., bird of this genus lias been met with in the Isle of
partie»
of this
is nee©
Plate 1
> remark here,
species. There can be i
Wight: and Mr. Harting
spot on i e throat
‘ Zoologist for 11
William &#&*■. .
the Blnefrm «* in
willows isffii riedsr.;
man ; for. ai*Y thi
and hedges q-fort
never keeps iq dot:
the Biuebreast« aii
as their favourite
among the willow,
mounts perpencfici
drops on to a b<W
common. He aW
is as fond of bai l
fbt ,-jiarture, and ventures so near tl
n , and seldom more than two are seen
gbt in the field* that **v <n*wn t l i k t e t u iHk o f s
tannt, and pretends that they breed siarong them j
osier, and-other bushes which grow in wet sitnatio;
ilarly to a moderate height in the air, chanting as
h as cheerfully as a Pettychaps, with which the Biuebreast seems to have some habits in
i sing-« in the nig h t; and, according to Frisch, his warble is very sweet. The Bj lebreast
mg as the Redbreast, and often haunts the margin of waters. It lives on worms and
iu the afflMwo o f its passage also eats elderberries. It may be seen among the fens,
the ground, inning briskly, and cocking its tail, especially the male when be hears the
seeking its food *•)
real o r iaiitatnMl
these are pro.»i.iV:--
appear to be d. A i
collar, of a line «;■ >\ ■.
birdcatcbers of H tm lt
confinement, and iSMi
“ They are fretjmsii
in any part.”
Bailly, speaking <>i if
de la Savoie,’ says:— “
many hunters do not ki
I have noticed many i
especially at Apremont
■specially
who dec
notes, j
ire to k
Ha;
ouut o f information i
’ British Birds,
'urrcnce will d
that it had a white
!o well to consult the
i’artifinjjm
• translated by
;v-throated Bluei
ip? ob to «tote tita
oods: but
nay be easily
sr. At the «
Like the Redbreast it
if summer, says Lottinger,
Frisch mentions fields of peas
heir nests are more often found
During the love-season the male
tses; he then whirls round, and
Id
white!
nbuB
Among the adult males some have the whole •*
par1:;, -iiii’ly us the remainder o f the colours and tin- re<
indivjiijj.-b, ¡The others, which are more numerous, liav
Frisch t’, 1 to the luatre of polished silver; and fro
nwe applied jW u*une of Mtrror-bird. These rich colour
the neck blue; and
«me on the breast
. a spot like a half
tarnish and fade in
spread t ough German;
name of Ruticillu çi{
•ing its spring and i
edingly rare. It fn
>p regions of the
juent
in his • Ornithology
al migrations. Stii
; thickets and hedge«
tins near ('hamfarrv