MOTACILLA. 31 



Motacilla flava, BLUE-HEADED YELLOW WAGTAIL. 

 Motacilla flava, Linnaus, S. N. i. p. 331 (1766). 



Motacilla flava, Naum. iii. p. 839; Hewitson, p. 168; Gray, 

 p. 67 ; Yarr. ed. 3, i. p. 437 ; Newton, i. p. 558 ; Harting, 

 p. 23; Dresser, iii. p. 261. 

 Motacilla neglecta, Yarr. ed. 2, i. p. 412. 

 Budytes flava, Macg. ii. p. 208; Gould, iii. pi. 4. 

 Flava = yellow. 



An accidental straggler to the southern, south-western, 

 and eastern counties of England, and more rarely to South 

 Ireland and Scotland : nests in Northumberland. Breeds in 

 the central portions of Europe and Asia and as far east as 

 Alaska, and winters in South Europe, North Africa, and 

 India. 



[Motatilla viridis. GEEY-HEADED YELLOW WAGTAIL. 

 Motacilla viridis, Gmelin, Syst. Nat. i. p. 962 (1788). 



Motacilla cinereicapilla, Newton, i. p. 560, note. 

 Budytes cinereocapilla, Gould, iii. pi. 5. 

 Motacilla cinereocapilla, Harting, p. 108. 

 Motacilla viridis, Dresser, iii. p. 269. 



Viridis = green, from the general colour of the back. 



Inserted by Mr. Gould (/. c.) by mistake, as his figure does 

 not represent this species, for it has a white streak behind the 

 ear. A specimen recorded from Norfolk proved to be one 

 of M. flava, L. (Gurney, Trans. Norf. & Norw. Nat. Soc. 

 1876, p. 226). An inhabitant of the northern portion of 

 the Palaearctic Region.] 



Motacilla rail. YELLOW WAGTAIL. 



Budytes Rayi, Bonaparte, Comp. List B. Eur. and 



N.Am. p. 18 (1838). 



Budytes rayi, Macg. ii. p. 212 ; Gould, iii. pi. 3. 

 Motacilla rayi, Hewitson, p. 170; Yarr. ed. 3, i. p. 443; 



Harting, p. 23. 

 Motacilla campestris, Gray, p. 68. 



