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tipped with ochre-yellow ; the tail-feathers similar, except the 

 two lateral on each side, which are as in the adult ; the sides 

 of the head and the lower parts brownish-white tinged with 

 yellow, or cream-coloured ; a dusky hand over the eye ; the 

 ear-coverts tinged with brown ; a band of dusky spots down 

 each side of the neck to the fore part of the breast, where the 

 two bands meet ; the tibial feathers ochre-yellow, indistinctly 

 spotted with dusky. 



When they are completely fledged, and have been abroad for 

 some time, they are as follows. The bill light dusky, its mar- 

 gins and the base of the lower mandible pale grey tinged with 

 red. The feet are of a leaden tint, the under part of the toes 

 of a dingy yellow ; the claws light brown. The general colour 

 of the upper parts is light brownish-grey, the rump pale yel- 

 lowish-brown ; the wings and tail dusky, much darker than in 

 the adult, the feathers largely edged with cream-colour, the 

 larger and smaller coverts conspicuously tipped with the same. 

 The two lateral tail-feathers on each side as in the adult, the 

 next with a small margin of white, and all the rest in some de- 

 gree edged with the same. There is a cream-coloured line over 

 the eye, and above it a dusky band. The lower parts are cream- 

 coloured, the neck tinged with red, the hind parts with yellow ; 

 and on the fore-neck is an obscure narrow gorgelet of dusky 

 spots. 



Remarks. — This and the preceding species are intimately 

 allied to the Pipits, in the form of the bill and feet, the hind 

 claw being considerably elongated, and in their general form, 

 motions, mode of flight, and manners. Nothing can exceed the 

 elegance of the flight of the present species, which is performed 

 in long and graceful undulations. Its notes also have a consider- 

 able resemblance to those of the Pipits. At the same time, I 

 conceive that there is no very substantial reason for separating 

 it and the Grey-headed species generically from the Wagtails. 



