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MOTACILLID/E, 



INSESSORES. 



DENTIROSTRES. 



MOTACILLID^.. 



N(/#^'^\% 



RAY'S WAGTAIL. 



MotaciUa fiavii, Yelhnv Wagtail, Penn. Brit. Zool. vol. i. p. 491. 



,, „ ,, RloNT. Ornith. Diet. 



,, ,, ,, Bewick, Brit. Birds, vol. i. p. 234. 



,, ,, ,, Flem. Brit. An. p. 74. 



,, ,, ,, Selby, Brit. Ornith. vol. i. p. 255. 



,, ,, ,, Jen YNS, Brit. Vert. p. 115. 



,, ,, ,, Gould, Birds of Europe, pt. iii. 

 fiaveola, Bergeronnettejlav^ole, Tfmm. Supplt. to Man. p. 183. 



Budytes Rayi, ,, ,, P. Musign. Comp. List. p. 18. 



The common Yellow Wagtail of England, first described 

 by our countryman and naturalist John Ray, and now pro- 

 posed, for distinction's sake, to be called Ray's Wagtail,* 



* There are four species of Wagtails on the European Continent, all of 

 which are bright yellow in summer. 



