74 BIRDS. PASSERES. Anthus. 



spotted with light brown and ash-colour. The young birds have the under 

 side of a dirty white, the breast a brown ash, and no black on the throat. 

 Retires in the severity of winter to the sea-shore. 



74. M. boarula. Grey Wagtail. — Above grey, beneath bu if- 

 fy-yellow, vent and rump pale yellow. 



M. cinerea, Will. Orn. 172. Penn. Brit. Zool. i. 368. — M. boar. Temm. 

 Orn. i. 257 — E, Winter Wagtail ; W, Brith y fyches lwyd.— Chiefly 

 observed in winter. 



Size of the last. Bill dusky ; legs brownish. Irides dark hazel. Throat 

 black, a white band above the eyes and sides of the throat. Wing-covers 

 and quills black, bordered with yellowish-white. The three outer tail-fea- 

 thers white, the second and third, with the outer web, black at the base, the 

 others dusky. In winter the black on the throat disappears. The female 

 wants the black on the throat according to Temminck, but she possesses it 

 according to Montagu, whose accuracy, in this respect, is attested by Mr Sel- 

 by,— " illustrations," p. 211. Nest in heaps of stones. Eggs 6, pointed, 

 dirty white, with reddish spots. — Breeds in Devonshire, according to Mr 

 Tucker {Mont. Orn. Diet. Supt.) Besides in other parts, during the winter 

 months, chiefly near streams. 



75. M.Jlava. Yellow Wagtail. — Plumage olive-green above, 

 beneath bright yellow. 



WUl. Orn. 172. Sibb. Scot. 18. Penn. Brit. Zool. i. 3G2. Temm. Orn. 

 i. 2G0. — IV, Brith y fyches felen. — A summer visitant. 



Size of M. alba. Bill and legs black. The hind claw long and nearly straight. 

 Irides hazel. A white streak over the eye. Quills and tail dusky, but the 

 two lateral ones of the last white from the middle. Female more cinereous 

 above, and whiter below. Nest in holes in the ground, or at the roots of 

 trees ; of dry grass, lined with hair. Eggs G, rounded, olive-green, with flesh- 

 coloured spots. Young like the female, with reddish-brown markings on the 

 breast and belly. — Chiefly frequents cultivated ground, and seems less attach- 

 ed to water than the other species. It constitutes the subgenus Budytes of 

 Cuvier, Regne Animal, i. 371. 



Gen. XXXVI. ANTHUS. Titling.— Mandibles, with 

 the margins inflected near the middle ; the upper with a 

 ridge at the base. 



76. A. pet?'orsus. Sea Titling. — Hind-elaw the length of 



the toe. Over the eye, and on the ear, a white streak. 



Variety of Titlark, Penn. Brit. Zoo], i. 258 — Alauda obscura and petro- 

 sa, Mont. Lin. Trans, iv. 41 — Anth. aquaticus, Temm. Orn. i. 265. — E, 

 ltock Lark — Common on the sea shore. 



Length 7, breadth 11^ inches; weight 7 drams. Bill black, witli a yellow- 

 ish margin ; the inside of the mouth yellow. Feet dusky, with a tinge of yel- 

 low. Irides deep chesnut. Plumage, above, dusky olive, with pale edges, on 

 the head, neck, scapulars, and rump, inclining to cinereous. Beneath, white, 

 with a tinge of yellow on the breast, and obscure longitudinal spots on the 

 sides. Qudls black, edged with pale yellow. AVings, when closed, extend 

 to half the length of the tail. Tail, with the two middle feathers, greyish- 

 brown, the others black, the lateral ones dirty white for half their length. 

 Female less than the male ; more dusky above, having little olive or ash on 

 the back. Nest of dried grass or algae, with a few hairs. Eggs 4 or 5 dirty 

 white, with numerous specks of brown, crowded and confluent at the larger 

 end. In the young the upper parts have a tinge of olivaceous ash colour ; 



