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M. citreola, Pall. Yellow-headed Wagtail. Top of the head, cheeks, 

 and lower parts citron yellow ; a black crescent-shaped band on 

 the occiput ; body above gray blue ; wings and tail blackish, 

 bordered with white, the lateral feathers white ; posterior claw 

 longer than the toe. 7 inches long. Siberia Tern. Man. 259. 



M.Jlava, Lin. Yellow Wagtail. Head, nape of the neck, and ear- 

 coverts pale yellow, with the back, rump, and scapulars a shade 

 darker ; a yellow streak over the eyes ; wings and coverts black- 

 ish brown, margined with white ; middle tail-feathers margined 

 with yellow, the outer ones white. 6 inches long. Inhabits 

 Southern Europe. B Selby, Illust. pi. 49, fig. 3. 



Gen. 34. ENICURUS, Tern. 



Bill elongated, broad at the base ; suddenly compressed towards 

 the tip, attenuated ; tip curved ; nostrils in a groove with 

 an elevated membrane ; tarsi slender ; hinder claw robust, 

 short ; tail forked. 



E. coronatus, Tern. (Motacilla speciosa, Horsf.) Plumage dark- 

 coloured, with the pileus crested ; the belly, rump, bar on the 

 wings, outer tail-feathers entirely, and tips of the rest, snow white; 

 tail very long. Body 4-J inches long ; tail 6 inches. Inhabits 

 Java Shaw, xiii. pi. 58. 



E. velatus, Tern. Slaty black above, white beneath ; chin and neck 

 in front black ; a white frontal band ; tail black, exterior fea- 

 thers and tips of middle ones white. Java. Tern. PL Col. 160. 



Gen. 35. ANTHUS, Bechst. Tern. Vieill. 



Bill straight, slender, cylindrical, subulate near the tip, edges 

 inflected towards the middle ; base of the upper mandible 

 ridged, point slightly notched ; nostrils basal, lateral, half- 

 closed by an arched membrane ; hind claw generally longer 

 than the toe ; third and fourth quills the longest. 



A. Richardi, Vieill. Plumage olive brown, varied with whitish 

 and black above, whitish beneath ; breast reddish, spotted with 

 black ; outer tail-feathers margined with white ; legs and hind- 

 er claw very long. 6^ inches long. Europe Shaw, xiii. pi. 59. 



A. aquaticus, Bechst. Shore Pipit. Plumage above olive green; 

 a white streak above the eye ; lesser and greater wing-coverts 

 dusky ; inferior parts white, varied on the breast with longitu- 

 dinal streaks ; two middle feathers of the tail brownish, the la- 

 teral black ; hind claw curved. 6 inches long. Inhabits Europe. B. 

 Selby, Illust. pi. 49, fig. 6. 



A. rufescens, Tern. Plumage above grayish yellow, with a slight tint 

 of brown on the middle of each feather ; a white band above the 

 eyes ; under parts whitish yellow ; breast spotted with brown ; 

 tail blackish brown, the exterior feathers white ; hind claw shorter 

 than the toe. 6J inches long. Europe. Tern. Man. p. 267- 



