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MOTACILLID.E. 



INSESSORES. 



DENTIROSTRES. 



MOTACILLIDjE. 



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THE GREY WAGTAIL. 



Motacilla boarula. Grey Wagtail, Penn. Brit. Zool. vol. i. p. 492. 



Mont. Ornith. Diet. 

 Bewick, Brit. Birds, vol. i. p. 233. 

 Flem. Brit. An. p. 74. 

 Selby, Brit. Ornith. vol. i. p. 253. 

 JcNYNS, Brit. Vert. p. 115. 

 Gould, Birds of Europe, pt. i. 

 Bergeronnette jaune, Temm. Man. d'Ornith. vol. i. p. 257. 



The habits of the Grey Wagtail are in many respects 

 very similar to those of the Pied Wagtail, last described ; 

 but, as a species, it is far less numerous, and with some ex- 

 ceptions, to be hereafter noticed, it may be generally consi- 

 dered in this country as a summer visiter to the more 



