PASSERES — MOTACILLID/K 59 



j^nv^.f. -British Isles, Channel Islands and N. French Coasts ; 

 also Coasts Norway and Islands as far as Varanger Fiord 

 (Collett). Partially nii<,n-atory, found in winter Atlantic Coasts 

 south to France and Spain. 



A. petrosus kleinschinidti Hartert. In winter like typical 

 form but darker above and much yellower beneath ; summer 

 plumage like winter, but bill entirely black. 



Breeds. — Faroes. 



A. petrosus littoralis Brehm. Scandinavian Rock Pipit. 

 Indistinguishable from typical form in winter. In summer breast 

 tinged reddish buff. 



Breeds. — Coasts of Norway to White Sea. Found in winter 

 south along N. European Coasts to N. France and British Isles. 



MOTACILLA. 



Tail long ; wings long and pointed, inner secondaries 

 about as long as primaries ; frequenting open country, 

 generally near water; food, insects, Crustacea, and mollusca; 

 nest on ground, holes in rocks, walls, etc.; eggs generally 

 greyish or huffy white, freckled or clouded with greyish or 

 yellowish brown. 



Motacilla flava flava L. Blue-headed Wagtail. Fr. 

 Bergeronnette printaniere ; Ger. Gelbe Bachstelze ; Ital. Cutret- 

 tola gialla ; Swed. Guljirla. 



^ summer. Above yellowish green, forehead, crown and 

 nape bluish grey ; lores and ear coverts slightly darker with some 

 white markings ; lines from bill above eye and below ear coverts 

 white, chin often also partially white ; wing coverts with dull 

 yellow tips ; beneath including throat yellow, occasionally orange, 

 flanks and spots on sides of neck yellowish green. Bill, legs and 

 feet black. Winter : browner, feathers of crown with green tips ; 

 breast buff with some dark feathers ; stripes from bill tinged 

 creamy. $ summer. Duller than (^, some green on crown, 

 occasionally a buff tinge on breast and a cluster of green spots 

 on sides of neck. Winter : as ^ but eye-stripe yellower, throat 

 and breast paler and more buff, rest of underparts paler yellow. 

 Wing $ 80-85, 9 76-82. Tail 70-79. Tarsus 22-25. Bill 11- 12. 



