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toes ; feet short, formed for walking ; hinder 

 claw not lengthened. M. boarula, Yarrellii, 

 Sic. 



Note. Aquatic in habits ; forehead and crown 

 depressed. Europe, Asia, Africa. 



Motacilla. Budytes. 



THE GRAY WAGTAIL. 



Motacilla boarula, LINN. 

 PLATE X. 



Motacilla boarula, Linn. Gray Wagtail of British 

 authors. 



As a good example of this beautiful form, we 

 have given a figure of the Gray Wagtail in its 

 breeding dress, in summer enlivening the mar- 

 gins of our rocky streams, and in winter occa- 

 sionally varying the ornithology of our farm and 

 poultry yards. This bird performs partial migra- 

 tions ; and we are not sure that we do not both 

 receive an accession in spring, and lose some of 

 our numbers in autumn, by a visit to or from the 

 Continent. A favourite haunt of the Gray Wag- 

 tail is by some clear alpine stream, where they 



