232 BIRDS. INSECTIVOILE, 



scales; belly and flanks reddish, mixed with white and gray ; wings 

 and tail blackish brown ; legs yellowish. Q\ inches long. In- 

 habits mountains in Europe Tern. Man. 248. 



A. modularis, Cuv. Hedge Accentor. Top of the head ash-co- 

 loured, with brown spots ; sides of the neck, throat, and breast 

 with a bluish tinge ; large reddish brown spots on the centre of 

 the feathers of the back and wing-coverts ; belly white ; lower 

 coverts of the tail brown, with a white border. 5 inches long. 

 Selby, Must. pi. 43*, fig. 4. 



A. montanellus, Tern. Plumage red brown, longitudinally striped 

 with red ; head and occiput black, with a black band below the 

 eyes ; two rows of little yellowish points forming a double band 

 on the wings; lower parts yellow. 5 inches long. Inhabits 

 Southern Europe. Tern. Man. 251. 



A. Calliope, Tern. Plumage above rusty brown, beneath yellowish 

 white ; throat vermilion, bordered with black and white ; spot 

 between the bill and eyes black ; eyebrows white. 6 inches long. 

 Inhabits Siberia. Shaw, x. 644. 



Gen. S3. MOTACILLA, Lath. 



Bill slender, straight, subulate, angular between the nostrils ; 

 edges of the lower mandible compressed ; nostrils basal, la- 

 teral, oval, partly concealed by a naked membrane ; tarsus 

 considerably longer than the middle toe ; exterior toe joined 

 to the middle one at the base ; hind claw strong and some- 

 times long ; tail very long, equal, horizontal ; one of the 

 larger coverts as long as the wing-feathers. 



The members of this well-marked genus haunt the banks of rivulets, the mar- 

 gins of rivers, and meadows in the neighbourhood of water. They run with great 

 agility, and their food is insects taken both on the wing and on the ground, worms, 

 larvae, &c. They are subject to a double moult. The lengthened tail of the bird of 

 this genus is kept continually in motion. They are confined to the Old Continent. 



M. lugubris, Pallas. Deep black on the upper parts of the body, 

 and eight middle feathers of the tail ; forehead, around the eyes 

 and ears, belly, and two lateral tail-feathers, white; flanks and 

 wings ash-coloured, the coverts bordered with white. 7 inches 

 long. Inhabits Southern Europe. Tern. Man. 253. 



M. alba, Lin. The Pied Wagtail. Forehead, cheeks, sides of the 

 neck, belly, and vent, white ; crown of the head, nape of the 

 neck, throat, breast, upper parts of the body, and middle tail- 

 feathers black ; coverts of the wings bordered with white ; two 

 outer tail-feathers^ white. 7 inches long. Inhabits Europe. .B. 

 Selby, Illust. pi. 49, fig. 1. 



M. boarula, Lin. Gray Wagtail. Plumage above bluish gray ; rump 

 sulphur yellow;, a white streak above the eyes; throat black; 

 under parts [gamboge-yellow ; tail^four inches long, with the 

 exterior feather entirely white, the middle feathers black. 7 inches 

 long. Inhabits Europe. B Selby, Illust. pi. 49, fig. 2. 





