RAY'S WAGTAIL. 



INSESSOKES. 



DE\TIROSTRES. 



443 



MOTACILLID&. 





RAY'S WAGTAIL. 



Motacilla Rayi. 



Motadllaflava, Yellow Wagtail, PENN. Brit. Zool. vol. i. p. 491. 



MONTAGU, Ornith. Diet. 



BEWICK, Brit. Birds, vol. i. p. 234. 



FLEM. Brit. An. p. 74. 



SELBT, Brit. Ornith. vol. i. p. 255. 



JENYNS, Brit. Yert. p. 115. 



GOULD, Birds of Europe. 



flaveola, fiergeronette Jlavtole, TEMM. Supplt. to Man. p. 183. 



Budytes Rayi, P. MUSIGN. Comp. List. p. 18. 



THE common Yellow Wagtail of England, first de- 

 scribed by our countryman and naturalist John Ray, and 

 now proposed, for distinction's sake, to be called Ray's 

 Wagtail, is a constant summer visitor to this country, 

 making its appearance about the end of March, or the be- 

 ginning of April, and leaves our southern shores in Sep- 



