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INSESSOKES. 



DENTIROSTRES. 



MOTACILLIM. 



MOTACILL1DJE. 



THE PIED WAGTAIL. 



Motacilla Yarrettii. 



Motadlla alba, White Wagtail, PENN. Brit. Zool. vol. i. p. 489. 



MONTAGU, Ornith. Diet. 



Pied BEWICK, Brit. Birds, vol. i. 



p. 231. 



White FLEM. Brit. An. p. 73. 



Pied SELBY, Brit. Ornith. vol. i. 



p. 251. 



JENYNS, Brit. Yert. p. 114. 



Yarrettii GOULD, Birds of Europe, under 



the name of alba in the de- 

 scription, and Yarrettii in 

 the General Index. 



,, Bergeronette Yarrellii, TEMM. Man. d'Ornith. vol. iv. 



p. 620. 



MOTACILLA. Generic Characters. Bill slender, subulate, straight, cari- 

 nated, angulated between the nostrils, emarginated at the tip ; the edges 

 of both mandibles slightly compressed inwards. Nostrils basal, lateral, 



