560 



YELLOW WAGTAIL. 

 (Motacilla flava.) 



Mo. pectore abdomineque jiavis, rectricibus duabus lateralibus di- 



midiato oblique albis. 

 Wagtail with the breast and abdomen yellow, and the two outer 



tail-feathers obliquely half white at the tips. 

 Motaciila flava. Lin. Syst. Nat. 1. 331. 12. Lin. Faun. Suec. 



253. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1. 963. Ray. Syn. 75 A. 2. Lath. 



Ind. Orn. 2. 504. 8. 

 Motacilla verna. Briss. Orn. 3. 468. 

 Bergeronette de Printemps. Buff. Hist. Nat. Ois. 5. 265. pi. 



14. f. \.-Buff. PL Enl. 674. 2. 

 Yellow Wagtail. Pen. Brit. Zool. 1. 143. Pen. Arct. Zool. 2. 



396. F ._ mil. Aug. 138.pl. 68. Edwards. 258. Lath. Gen. 



Syn. 4.400. 6. Lath. Syn. Sup. 179. Lenin. Brit. Birds. 2. 



pi. 97. Wale. Syn. 2. 228. Don. Brit. Birds. 1. pi. 15. 



Mont. Orn. Diet. 2. Mont. Sup. Bewick. Brit. Birds. 1. 



191. 



LENGTH six inches and a half: beak black : 

 irides hazel : the upper part of the head, the 

 coverts of the ears, and back of the neck, pale 

 olive green : the back, scapulars, wing-coverts, 

 and rump, dark olive green : eyebrows white : 

 quills dusky; those next the body, and the greater 

 coverts, edged with yellowish white : the whole 

 of the under parts, from the chin to the vent, 

 bright yellow : tail dusky, except two of the outer 

 feathers that are half white, half black, divided 

 obliquely, and leaving the outer web of the ex- 

 terior one white ; the two middle feathers with a 

 tinge of olive : legs black : the hinder claws very 



