. The natural history of British birds, or, A selection of the most rare, beautiful and interesting birds which inhabit this country : the descriptions from the Systema naturae of Linnaeus : with general observations, either original or collected from the latest and most esteemed English ornithologists : and embellished with figures, drawn, engraved, and coloured from the original specimens . .Jyn* av. Perm. Br. ZooL 126. Lath. 3. Montain. Belon. av. Pincon dardennes. Brif. av. 3. enl. 54. /. Scop. N° 218. Quseker, Bofinkins, Hore-Unge, A
. The natural history of British birds, or, A selection of the most rare, beautiful and interesting birds which inhabit this country : the descriptions from the Systema naturae of Linnaeus : with general observations, either original or collected from the latest and most esteemed English ornithologists : and embellished with figures, drawn, engraved, and coloured from the original specimens . .Jyn* av. Perm. Br. ZooL 126. Lath. 3. Montain. Belon. av. Pincon dardennes. Brif. av. 3. enl. 54. /. Scop. N° 218. Quseker, Bofinkins, Hore-Unge, Akerlan. Brum. ; Meeker, Piencken. Kram. (Mountain finch). Frifch. 1. 3. This is not a very common bird in England. It is of the migra-tory kind and never builds here : is fometimes feen in large flocks,or in company with the Chaffinches. The colours of the femaleare not fo bright as in the male: in fome fpecimens of the latter thethroat is black. Length rather exceeds fix inches. They are foundin vaft abundance in France according to Buffon; and are faid tobreed about Luxemburg, making the neft on the tall fir-trees, com-pofed of long mofs without, and lined with wool and feathers eggs are four or five in number, yellowifh, and fpotted: theyoung are fledged at the end of May. They are alfo found in thePine forefls of RuJJia and Siberia. PLATE ?,6. PLATE LXXXVL MOTACILLA SYLVIA? ■LESSER WHITE THROAT, conic, pointed. Noftrils oval, broad, naked* GENERIC CHARACTER. Bill ftrong, conic, ftrait, fharp* SPECIFIC CHARACTER AND SYNONYMS. Above pale cinereous brdwn. Beneath white* Tail brdwn: out-fide feather half white, fecond white at the erid. Motacilla SylVia : fupra cinerea, fubtus alba, reprice primalongitudinaliter dimidiato alba, fecunda apicealba. Fn. Sv. 228,—Linn. Syji. Nat. 1. 1&$. 9*edit. 10?Lesser White Throat. Lath. Suppl. n. i86« — ■ • —■■— This fpecies has not been defcribed by Pennant in his Britifh
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