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Show 278 AVES. longer only near the tt•p . The female has only twelve ordinary quills. v· '11 o· d P I . . 1 ·1 Th1s smgu ar spec es ' Mrenura lyra, 1e1. • t.s . e ar. p. . d G 1 192 Sh Nat. Misc. 577, mhab1ts the rocky XIV, xv, an a · ' • h d1· str1· cts o f N ew H o1 1 a nd·' its size is somewhat less t an that of the Pheasant. MoT ACILLA, Lin. The Warblers f orm an excessively numerous family, kno. wn bWy the beak wh1. ch 1. s stra.i g ht' slender ' and similar to a bodkm. hen sli h't ly depresse d at b ase, 1't approaches that • of the• Flycatchers; g d d 'ts point is curved a httle, 1t leads to the when compresse ' an 1 d' 'd stra•i ght beake d Sh r'ik es. An endeavour has been made to lVl e them as follows: SAxloOLA, Bechst.( 1) The beak a little depressed, and rather broad at base, which partie· larly allies these birds to the last small tribe of the Fly~atche~s. ~hey are lively, and stand tolerably high .. The Fre~ch species build on the ground, or under it, and feed exclusively on msects. Motacilla rubicola, L .; Le Traquet, Enl. 678; Naum. 90, 3, I, 5 A small brown bird, with a red breast, black throat, and s~me white on the sides of the neck, on the wing, an.d on the rump. It is constantly flitting about the bus~es, and tts weak note resembles the tick-tack of a mill, whence 1ts French name. Mot. rubetra; Le Tarier, Enl. 678; N aum. 89, 3, 4. ~losety resembles the preceding; but the black is on the cheek mstead of under the throat. It is somewhat larger, and keeps more on the ground. France. (Th Mot. reanthe; Le Motteux, Enl. 554; Naum. 89, 1~ 2. e Wheat-Eat·.) The rump, and the half of the lateral tail feathers, white. The male is ash coloured above, re dd I· S h -w h 1· te beneaallt hi·~ the wing and a band over the eye, black. In the female, h d brownis~ above, and reddish beneath. It is found in the ploug e fields, where it feeds on the worms turned up with the furrow. France. We should distinguish from them, A Saxicola strapasina, T.; M. roux, Buff.; N aum. 90, l, 2· species from the south of Europe that sometl· mes ·sits France. VI 1 d There is a bird in the south of France that should be Pace near th1. s spec1. es, wh1. ch 1. s b1 a ck, t h e rump, a nd the two supthee· rior thirds of the tail, white, and which has been referred to (1) Vieill. has changed this name to Motteux (.lEnNTIIE). PASSERINJE. 279 Thrushes. It is the Turdus leucurua, Lath., Synops. II, pl. sa;(l) or the Saxicola cachinnans, Tern. SYLVIA, Wolf and Meyer.-FxoEDULA, Bech. The beak a very little narrower at base than in the preceding. They are solitary birds, generally nestling in holes, and feeding on insects, worms and berries. There are four species in France. Mot. 1•ubicola, L.; Rouge-gorge, Enl. 361, I; Naum. 75, I, 2. (The Stonechat.) A brown grey above; throat an~ breast red; belly white; builds near the ground in the woods, is prying and familiar. Some of them remain during the winter, and seek for refuge from the extreme cold in houses, where they soon become tamed. Mot. suecia, L.; Gorge-bleue, Enl. 361, 2; Naum. 75, 3, 4, 5. Brown above, blue throat, red breast, white belly; rarer than the preceding, nestles on the edge of woods and marshes. Mot. p!tmnicurus, L.; Rossignol de muraille, EnJ. 351; N aum. 79, I, 2. Brown above; throat black; breast, rump, and lateral quills of the tail, light red; it nestles in old walls, and has a soft song, with something of the modulations of the Nightingale. Mot. erithacus, tytys, gibraltariensis, atrata, Gm.; Ed w. 29; Naum. 79, s, 4. Differs from the preceding, and principally in the breast, which, as well as the throat, is black. It is much more uncommon.(2) CuRRuoA, Bechst. A straight beak, slender throughout, slightly compressed before; the upper mandible a little curved near the point. The most cele' brated of this subgenus is ~1} Add. to the saxicola:, Mot. caprata, Enl. 235;-M. fulicata, Enl. 185, 1;-M. phiUppenata, Ib. 2;-the patre, Vaill. Afr. p. 180. And to the wheat-ear, M. leucothoa, Enl. 583, 2;-the imitateur, Vaill., Afr. 181, ld.;-thefamilier, Id. 183 ;-the montagnard, Id. 184;-thefourmillier, 186;-.Mot. leucometa, Falc. Voy. III, xxx, and Col. 257, 3. Add, Saxic. aurita, t., Col. 257, 1;-8. monacha, Col. 359, 1;-S. deserti, lb. 2. The Mot. cyanea, Gm., Lath., Syn. IT, pl. liii, has the beak of a Saxicola, and :~ly differs from it in having a rather longer tail. Vieill. Gal. 163, has placed it in 18 ~nus ~lEntoN or M.uunus, afterwards converted into a receptacle for all kinds 3of bll'ds with elongated and cuneiform tails, such as the Merion bride, Tem. Col. Bs wh' h · d ' tc ts a Thrush;-the M natte and the M.leucopthe, Quoy and Gaym. Voy. A~ Freycin. pl. 23, which approach the Coly; the jlateur of Vaill. (M. africana), r.112, which is closely allied to Synallazis, &c. 8 ( 2 ) Add the Blue bird of Amer. Mot. sialis, Enl. 590; Mot. Calliope, Lath. Syn. upp. I, front. [See .ll.pp. XVII of .11m. Ed.] |
