. Britain's birds and their nests . # Plate 118. STONECHAT—/ra/Z/zV-^/a rubicola. Length, 5-25 in. ; wing, 2-5 in. [PasSERES : Tiu-didie ; Turdinas.] 2 N 816 BRITAIN S BIRDS AND THEIR NESTS. 317 ference for the most conspicuous points. The most notice-able features of the cock Stonechafs plumage are theshiny black head, the incomplete white collar, the brightrufous breast, and the white wing-patch. On account ofthe first of these characteristics the name Blackcap isoften given to this species in the north of Scotland,where the Warbler which is the rightful bearer of thatname is unknown. His so
. Britain's birds and their nests . # Plate 118. STONECHAT—/ra/Z/zV-^/a rubicola. Length, 5-25 in. ; wing, 2-5 in. [PasSERES : Tiu-didie ; Turdinas.] 2 N 816 BRITAIN S BIRDS AND THEIR NESTS. 317 ference for the most conspicuous points. The most notice-able features of the cock Stonechafs plumage are theshiny black head, the incomplete white collar, the brightrufous breast, and the white wing-patch. On account ofthe first of these characteristics the name Blackcap isoften given to this species in the north of Scotland,where the Warbler which is the rightful bearer of thatname is unknown. His song is sweet but brief. Thehen-bird is a very plainly coloured bird. She may bedistinguished from the hen Whinchat by her mottledblack throat, and by the absence of a distinct it is almost entirely insectivorous, the Stone-chat remains with us throughout the winter, being oneof the few soft-billed birds which do so. Its numbersgreatly diminish on the approach of winter, however. Itsnear ally, the Siberian Stone
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