AVES. 549 



SaxicoJa omanthe.— The Wheat- Ear. Plate xxxiii. fig. 2. Described, vol. 

 iii. p. 2&t. 



Suxicola rubetra.— The Wliin-Chat. Plate xxxiii. fig. 3. Described, vol. 

 iii- p. 264. 



Genus 33.—ACCEtiTOR.—Becftstein. 



Generic Character. — Bill strong, straight, of medium length, acuminated, 

 edges of the mandibles sharp and inflected,.the upper one emarginated ; nos- 

 trils basal, bare, pierced in a large membrane ; legs strong ; the exterior toe 

 attached at its base to the middle one ; first quills very short, second shorter 

 than the third, which is longer than the others. 



Accentor modularis — The Hedge Accentor, or Song Sparrow. Plate 

 xxxiii fig. 5. Described, vol. iii. p. 250. 



Genus 31.— MOTACILLA.— iaWiffra. 



Generic Character.— BiW slender, straight, subulated, slightly carinated, 

 emarginated, its base resting upon the forehead; edges of both mandibles 

 inflected near the middle ; forehead depressed ; nostrils basal^ lateral, oval, 

 and partly concealed by a naked membrane ; tarsus considerably longer than 

 the middle toe, external toe united at its base, hallux strong and long in 

 some species ; first quills very short, the second the longest in the \r\ng ; 

 one of the greater coverts as long as the wing , tail long, and square at its 

 point. 



Motacilla alba — The Pied Wagtail. Plate xxxiii. fig. 6. Forehead, cheeks, 

 sides of the neck, belly, and crissum, white; crown, nape, throat, breast, 

 upper parts of the body, and middle tail feathers, black ; lesser vving-coverts 

 black, the greater ones bordered with grayish.white ; the two outer tail 

 feathers white. Seven inches long. Inhabits Europe. See general descrip. 

 tiou of their -habits, vol. iii. p. 265. 



Motacilla Boarula. — The Gray Wagtail. Plate xxix**. fig. 1. Bluish-gray 

 above, rump bright sulphur-yellow ; a white streak over the eyes ; throat 

 black ; under parts bright chrome-yellow ; wings grayish-black, coverts 

 tipped with white ; tail with the middle feathers black, and the outer ones 

 white. Seven inches long. Inhabits Europe. 



Motacilla flava.— The Yellow- Wagtail. Plate xxxiii. fig. 7. Upper parts 

 pale yellow ; wing.coverts blackish-brown, margined and tipped with yellow, 

 ish white ; quills black brown, margined with pale yellow ; middle tail, 

 feathers black, margined with pale yellow ; the two outer ones white ; legs 

 and feet dusky ; hallux produced and slightly curved. 



Genus 2b.— ESICVKVS.—Temminck. 



Generic Character.— BWl elongated, dilated at the base, abruptly acumin- 

 ated at the tip, which is attenuated and curved ; nostrils situated in a groove, 

 with an elevated membrane ; tarsi slender ; hallux strong and short ; tail 

 forked. 



Enicurus cor onatus.— The White-Crowned Enicurus. Plate xxxii*. fig. 

 I. Black ; crown wliite ; a crescent-shaped undulated white stripe passes over 

 the upper wing.coverts, and ends at the bastard ; wings black ; rump, ven- 

 ter, and crissum, white ; tail much forked ; feathers of unequal length, each 

 with three bars of white, and tipped with the same ; outer feathers wholly 

 white; irides hazel; legs ochreous yellow; claw of the hallux large and 

 hooked ; bill dusky gray. Ten inches and a half long. Inhabits Java. 

 IV. 3 A 



