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BUDYTES RAYI. THE GREEN-HEADED 

 QUAKETAIL. 



YELLOW WAGTAIL. SPRING WAGTAIL. SUMMER WAGTAIL. 

 OAT-SEED BIRD. 



Yellow Wagtail, Mont. Orn. Diet, and Suppl. 



Bergeronette flav^ole. Motacilla flaveola. Temm. Man. d'Orn. III. 183. 



Yellow Wagtail. Motacilla flava. Selb. Illustr. I. 255. 



Motacilla flava. Yellow Wagtail. Jen. Brit. Vert. An. 115. 



Male inth the head greenish-yellow^ the cheeks and loicer parts 

 bright yellow^ the hack pale greenish-hroiim^ the two lateral tail- 

 feathers on each side partially white. Female similar., hut with 

 the head yellowish-green.^ and the lower parts paler. Young light 

 hrownish-grey ahote., the wings and tail dusky, the lateral feathers 

 of the latter as in the adult, the lower parts cream-coloured, with 

 an obscure dusly acescent on the fore neck. 



Male. — This species resembles the preceding in form, having 

 the body equally slender, the neck rather short, the head small, 

 elongated, and compressed, the wings rather long, the tail 

 elongated, and the colours very similar, with the exception of 

 those of the head. As tine species has not come under my 

 observation in its winter plumage, I must confine my de- 

 scription to the state in which it presents itself to us in 

 summer. 



