The Black-Throated Wheatear — Saxicola Occidentalis, Salvadori
This is a very common summer visitor to the south of Europe, breeding regularly in France as far north as the Loire. It has occurred here on two or three occasions only.
In the male the crown and upper back are golden buff; wings black; under parts pale buffish white; under wing coverts black. The female is duller and browner. Length 5·6 in.; wing 3·5 in.