M( n-ACILLID^K - TilK WAiiTAILS. 



ir.7 



Tlu'v It'Jivu their laeeiliiig-plsufs in Octolnii-, collecting and niuviiig in 

 small tlncks. 



Their (-gs measure .7t> of an incli in length and .o'.l in hreadth. Tlie 

 •'roiuid-eolor is of a izravish-white so thiekly llceked with tint; asli-eol(»i('il 

 and hlaek dots as to give tlie entire egg the elfeet of a uniform dark ashen 

 hue. 



CUVIER. 



^Typc, Mof.acilhi fliivfi , LiNN.^ 



(iK.MS 

 Bf'rfi/fes, CrVIEK, K. A. 1817 



The recenl diseovery of a speeies 

 <»f vellow-ltellie«l Wagtail in Norton 

 Sound, l»y the naturalists of the IIus- 

 sian Telegraph F^xiMMlition, adds an- 

 other niemher of an Old World fam- 

 ily to the list of American hirds. 

 Much confusion exists as to the pre- 

 cise iHimher of si>ecie8 in the genus, 

 some grouping together as varieties 

 what others consider as distinct spe- 

 cies. There is an unusual degree of 

 variation with age, sex, and season, 

 and this, cond)ined with strongly 

 marked geographical peculiarities, ren- 

 ders the proper solution of the prohlem impossibhi to any but those hav 

 ing access to large series. 



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Budytes flava. 



Budytes flava, I.ixn. 



YELLOW WAGTAIL. 



Motar HI n flava, LiNN. Syst. Xat. I (17»)6), 33. — FiNscii & TI.M:TL\rB, Vitriol Ostafrikas, 

 2<tS. BidltfUs fl4tri>, Ron. (183S). — MiDDKNOnnKF, snuristhr IJrisf, 11, ii (1852), 

 1«>8. — Dkoi.am) iS: (;eiibk, Oniith. Kuro]). I (ISH"), 37<). — r>Ainn, Trans, riiicafro 

 Acaul. S.i. I, ii, p. :31-2, j»l. xxx, fi<,'. 1 ; l.sc»i». Dall k Banmsikh, Tr. Ch. Ac. I, 

 18t>i>, 127. -Tkistkam, Uiis, 1871, 2:31. — Fins< n, 1872. 



Sp. Ciiak. Description of sj>ccinuMi No. 4r).or2. taken at St. Michael's, Norton Sound, 

 June 0, 180(5, V)y H. M. Bannister. \bove, ineUniinfr ediro.*? of upper tail-coverts, rich 

 olive-jrreon, the top an<l sides ol" the head an<l neck pure ash-irray ; chin and well-marked 

 stripe from nostrils over the eye tf) tlie nape, Avhite; all under parts rich yellow, tinged with 

 olive on the sides. Strijie from corner of ujouth throng', the eye^ antl involving the car- 

 coverts, blackish-ash. Feathers of wings and tail dark brown ; the coverts and .seconda- 

 ries edged with olive (showing the obscure light wing-bars), the longest of the latter 

 edged externally with white; inj.erniost quills edged externally with white. Outer three 

 tpiills nearly equal an<i longest (the prolonged secondaries as long), the oth«'rs giaduating 

 less. Outer tail-feathers and shaft white ; the inner web edged externally with dusky, 



