. British birds. Birds. 122 BRITISH lilRDS. [vol. IX. of the same subspecies was April 3()th, 1914. It was J. B. A male (with a white throat shot at Peveiisey, Sussex, on examined bj^ Mr. M. J. Nieoll. EASTERN BLACK-EARKD WHEATEAR SEEN IN YORKSHIRE. On June (ith, 1915, I met with a male \\'heatear on the moor- edge of the Cleveland Hills. Yorks., about ten miles from the sea. I had the bird under observation for three hours. AVHEATISAK , .1 r NK Uni, t»N llIK YORKSHIRE. i,i;\ ) Hli,],;- (From a water-colour xketch by IT. .S. Me'llicott, innd<' just after seeing t
. British birds. Birds. 122 BRITISH lilRDS. [vol. IX. of the same subspecies was April 3()th, 1914. It was J. B. A male (with a white throat shot at Peveiisey, Sussex, on examined bj^ Mr. M. J. Nieoll. EASTERN BLACK-EARKD WHEATEAR SEEN IN YORKSHIRE. On June (ith, 1915, I met with a male \\'heatear on the moor- edge of the Cleveland Hills. Yorks., about ten miles from the sea. I had the bird under observation for three hours. AVHEATISAK , .1 r NK Uni, t»N llIK YORKSHIRE. i,i;\ ) Hli,],;- (From a water-colour xketch by IT. .S. Me'llicott, innd<' just after seeing the bird. and from notes made on the spot.) (from 1 to 4 i).m.), and for most of the time he was on a stone wall, occasionally Hyin^ to the jiround when he s]iotted an insect. In colour there was nothing on this bird but pun white and sooty black, with the slightest suspicion of brown in it. The bird was ]iure white all over with the following exce]itions :— Winffs.—Black. 'J'—From just above the eyes and base of beak to about | in. below base of beak, and from behind each eye, l)lack. Tail.—Some centi-al fcathei's black :. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original London, Witherby & Co
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