. Harmonia ruralis, or, An essay towards a natural history of British song birds : illustrated with figures the size of life, of the birds, male and female, in their most natural attitudes ... . Mlisk r,.i, /id^irccb Aivnhh if^qtfii. I, ffiolion d. Mi/a:)t. QAMmiDGE. MA USA 78 NEST AND EGGS OF THE WHINCHAT. PLATE LXXVIII. The Whinchat makes her nest in a field or meadow,under the shelter of some tuft of grass or weeds, just inthe same manner as the larks. The nest now lying be-fore me, is composed of much dry grass and cows hair,placed in layers one over another. The first, or outercoat, is de
. Harmonia ruralis, or, An essay towards a natural history of British song birds : illustrated with figures the size of life, of the birds, male and female, in their most natural attitudes ... . Mlisk r,.i, /id^irccb Aivnhh if^qtfii. I, ffiolion d. Mi/a:)t. QAMmiDGE. MA USA 78 NEST AND EGGS OF THE WHINCHAT. PLATE LXXVIII. The Whinchat makes her nest in a field or meadow,under the shelter of some tuft of grass or weeds, just inthe same manner as the larks. The nest now lying be-fore me, is composed of much dry grass and cows hair,placed in layers one over another. The first, or outercoat, is dead grass ; the next hair; then another of finergrass; and upon that the lining, which is wholly diameter of the cavity is-three inches, the depthnot quite one inch. This bird seems very indifferentwith regard to the beauty of her nest, the materials be-ing hurried together in a very careless and negligentmanner; and, apparently, with great dispatch. Theeggs are five or six, of a glossy blue, and sometimeshave a few latent dark spots near the larger end. TheWhinchat has two or three broods in a ^^.^D^noQE: MA USA 79MOTACILLA SYLVIA. Syst. Nat. 330. THE WHITE-THROAT. PLATE LXXIX. X he bill is black at the point; dusky at the base : themouth, orange-colour ; the iris of the eyes, brown ; thepupil, large and black ; the cheeks are olive-brown ;the head and back, red-brown, inclining a little to anolive-colour; the feathers of the tail are dusky, withred-brown edges, except the two outmost feathers oneach side, which have their outer webs white. Thequill and covert feathers of the wings are dusky, withred-brown edges, except the first quill, which has itsouter border white. The throat is white, thickly cov-^ered with short feathers; which, when he sings, riselike a ruff round the base of the lower chap. Thebreast is tinged with a pleasant reddish brown ; thebelly and thighs are white. The inner fore toe ad-heres to the middle one by a membrane ; the legs andfeet are
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