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PIED WAGTAIL. 

 (Motacilla Maderas.) 



Mo. nigra, ventre,fasciaque alarum longitudinali albis, rectrici- 



bus duobus intermediis nigris, lateribus albis. 

 Black Wagtail, with the belly, and a longitudinal band on the 



wings, white; the two middle tail-feathers black, the lateral 



ones white. 

 Motacilla maderaspatensis. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1. 961. Lath. 



Ind. Orn. 2. 502. 2. 



Motacilla maderaspatana. Briss. Orn. 3. 478. 44. 

 Pied Wagtail. Lath. Gen. Syn. 4. 397. 2. 



THE Pied Wagtail has the beak, head, neck, 

 breast, and upper parts of the body, black ; the 

 under parts, and an oblique bar on the wings, 

 white : the two middle tail-feathers black, and the 

 lateral ones white : the female has those parts grey 

 that are black in the male. Inhabits Madras. 



TSCHUTSCHI WAGTAIL. 

 (Motacilla Tschutschensis.) 



Mo. oli vacea jusca, subtus loris Jasciaque duplici alarum alba, 

 rectrice prima tota, secunda latere interiore alba. 



Olive-brown Wagtail, with the under parts, lores, and double 

 band on the wings, white ; the whole of the outer tail-feather, 

 and the inner edge of the second, white. 



