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INSfiSSOKES. 



DENTIROSTRES. 



MOTACILLID2E. 



MOTACILLID^. 



THE GREY WAGTAIL. 



Motacilla boarula. 



Motacilla boarula, Grey Wagtail, PENN. Brit. Zool. vol. i. p. 492. 



MONTAGU, Ornith. Diet. 

 BEWICK, Brit. Birds, vol. i. p. 233. 

 FLEM. Brit. An. p. 74. 

 SELBY, Brit. Ornith. vol. i. p. 253. 

 JENTNS, Brit. Vert. p. 115. 

 GOULD, Birds of Europe. 

 Bergeronettejaune, TEMM. Man. d'Ornith. vol. i. p. 257. 



THE habits of the Grey Wagtail are in many respects 

 very similar to those of the Pied Wagtail; but, as a 

 species, it is far less numerous, and with some exceptions, 

 to be hereafter noticed, it may be generally considered 

 in this country as a summer visitor to the more northern 

 counties, migrating in autumn to become a winter visitor 

 in those of the south; these changes of locality being 



