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WHITE N.
Description*.
. be Roffignol hlanc, Brif. on. iii. p. 401. — Buf. rif. v. p. 114. — Aide. av,
ii. p. 777.
g I Z E of the common Nightingale, but wholly whitef: and
others have been known with the head, neck, wings, and
tail, white; the reft of the plumage pale brown and white,
mixed.
Le Roffignol de Mada<rafrar. ɧïï*
MADAGASCAR T B W SIP M M pl* 22* F *• -yy A*6 hou di-jala, Buf. oi/. v> p. 116.
D escription. § I Z E .of .our Nightingale : length near fix inches and a half.
Bill deep brown : the-head rufous : behind each eye a brown
fpot : the upper parts -of .the body .olive brawn : throat white :
»breaft jpale -rufous : belly ir-ufous .brown;, inclining to jolfee-: .tail
above, olive brown; beneath, inclining .to olive; legs deep
brown.
Pl«*.- This is found at Madagascar, where they call it Foudi-jala.
+ 4 n^«^.the,«dfe.ofd»e.Emp^ .iÿ i ff,4 r.'r
for which bird -foot M m « ihad. ,been .«fiere.d,-.-Pliny, .Hat. Ijifi.,}. *.
cap.. 29.
Motacilla
I La Fauvette, Brif.orn. iii. p. 372. 2.— Buf. oif v. p. 117, pl. 7.—PI. ml. 579. f- 1.
I C I Z E of the Hedge Sparrow: length fix inches. Bill blackilh ;
I ^ bafe of the under mandible paler : plumage, on the upper parts,
I greyilh brown ; deepeft on the head: from the bale of the bill a
I whitilh ftreak, palling over the eye, but not beyond i t : the under
I parts are rufous white, inclining moft to the laft colour towards the
I vent : the fides and thighs verge to grey; quills cinereous brown,
■ with greyilh edges: tail brown, edged with grey brown; the outer
I feather dirty white on the outer web and towards the tip of the
■ inner, dividing the feather obliquely * : legs brown.
This is a common fpecies in France and Italy, where it frequents
I the fields and gardens, often building on the pea-Jlicks. The neft is
■ compofed of dried herbs, lined with fine fibres and hair. The eggs
■ are five in number.
A bird very nearly allied to the above, if not a variety, is alfo not
■ uncommon in England, Size and length the fame : the upper parts
■ greyilh brown, with a call of green ; the under dulky white, inclin-
I ing a little to brown acrofs the breaft and over the thighs: the thighs
I themfelves ftill darker : quills and tail dulky, edged with the general
■ colour of the upper parts, but all the feathers of the laft of one colour:
■ there is alfo an indiftindt trace of white over the eye, as in the laft
■ deferibed : bill and legs brown.
This is not unfrequent in Lancajhire, from whence a pair was fent
S to me from Sir A. Lever. The male and female are much alike,
B I The egg of a dirty white, marked with irregular dulky blotches of B various fizes, particularly about the middleand here and there a fcratch of black. I received it by the name of Pettychaps,
1 Motacilla hippolais, Lin, Sy/t. i. p. 330. 7.
Pettychaps, or Beccafigo, Rati Syn. p. 79. A. 7.— Will. orn. p. 216.— Br. Zool. i.
N° 149. (the defeription).
B S * ? ^ rather fmaller than a Linnet, Bill Ihort: the upper man- dible black ; the under blueilh : infide of the mouth flelh-colour :
■ above and below the eye a yellowilh line: head, neck, and upper
3-
PETTYCHAPS.
D escription.
Place and;
Manners.
V ar ie t y .
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LESSER
PETTYCHAPS.
D escriftion^
* The tip of the laft feather but one is alfo white. Hijl, des om
Vot. II. 3 G 3 parts*