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HUDSONIAN WAGTAIL. 

 (Motacilla Hudsonica.) 



'Mo.ferrugineo-fisca subtus albida, collo subtus striis obscuris, 

 rectrice extima alba, secunda alba margine intus nigro, tertia 

 disco albo. 



Rusty-brown Wagtail, beneath whitish, with the neck beneath 

 with obscure striae; the outer tail-feather white; the second 

 white, with the inner margin black, and the third with the 

 disc white. 



Motacilla hudsonica. Lath. Ind. Orn. 2. 503. 6. 



Hudsonian Wagtail. Lath. Syn. Sup. II. 231. 3. 



DESCRIBED in the second Supplement of Dr. 

 Latham: length six inches: beak yellowish brown: 

 plumage above brown ; the feathers edged with 

 ferruginous : quills dusky ; the secondaries with 

 rusty margins : chin and throat pale rust-colour, 

 streaked with dusky : breast, belly, and vent, 

 dusky white : the outer tail-feather white ; the 

 next of the same colour, with the inner edge 

 brown; the third dusky, with the shaft white; 

 the rest plain dusky : legs similar to the beak. 

 Inhabits the country about Hudson's Bay. 



