GEEY WAGTAIL. 



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by cleo-rees yellow, and then paler; the grey of the back is, 

 for some time, tinged with green. The quill feathers of the 

 wings are dusky black, and are crossed by a grey bar formed 

 by the coverts; upper tail coverts, greenish yellow; under tail 

 coverts, pale yellow; legs and toes, yellowish brown; claws, 



licrht brown. . -, , • i 



After the first autumnal moult the adult plumage is assumed. 



