198 YELLOW WAGTAIL. 



Our next two birds shew the form from which 

 the Baron Cuvier framed his genus Budytes^ 

 since the separation they have been assimilated 

 with MotaciUa^ or retained as a sub-genus, accor- 

 ding to the different opinions of systernatists ; and 

 for the present we shall retain them in the rank of 

 the latter. In form they merge into that of Anihus, 

 which should almost immediately follow them, 

 and in their habits they may be found frequenting 

 the meadow lands and pastures in the vicinity of 

 streams, rather than the brinks of edges of the 

 water itself. 



BUDYTES, CUVIER. Generic characters. 

 Bill slender, straight, mandible slightly 

 notched, rictus smooth ; wings with the 

 three first quills nearly equal ; legs, with the 

 tarsus and middle toe nearly equal, lateral 

 toes nearly equal, hind toe long, the claw 

 lengthened, as in anthus, and slightly bend- 

 ing ; all these parts rather weak. 



Note. Colours, yellow beneath, above olive 

 or gray. 



Types, JB.flava, neglecta. 



THE YELLOW WAGTAIL BUDYTES FLAVA. 

 Motacillaflava, Will Ray.- Yellow Wagtail, 

 Selby, and modern British Authors. As in the 

 case of the preceding birds, two species have also 

 been confounded under the name of "flava, OF 

 Yellow Wagtail ;" the one common in Britain, 



