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Forehead, cheeks, sides of the neck, belly, and vent white. General 

 Crown of the head, nape of the neck, throat, breast, up- 

 per parts of the body, and middle tail-feathers black- 

 Lesser wing-coverts black ; the greater ones bordered 

 with white. Quills edged with greyish-white. The two 

 outer tail-feathers white. In autumn and winter the 

 black upon the throat and breast gives place to pure 

 white, and the upper parts also incline to blackish-grey ; 

 rendering the male bird, at this season of the year, 

 scarcely distinguishable from the female. 



GREY WAGTAIL. 



MOTACILLA BOARULA, Linn. 

 PLATE XLIX. FIG. 2. 



Motacilla Boarula, Linn. Syst. p. 527 Gmel. Syst. 1. p. 997. sp. 5. Lath. 



Ind. Ornith. 2. p. 502. 4. 



Motacilla melanopa, Gmel. Syst. 997 Lath. Ind. Ornith. v. 2. 503. sp. 5. 

 Motacilla cinerea, an flava altera Aldrov. Rail Syn. p. 75. 3 Will. p. 172. 

 Le Bergeron ette jaune, Buff. Ois. v. 5. p. 268 Id. PL EnL 28. f. 1. young 



female Temm. Man. d 'Ornith. v. 1. p. 257. 



Motacilla sulphurea, Bechst. Naturg. Deut. v. 3. p. 459. 



Yellow Wagtail, Albin. 2. t 58. 



Grey Wagtail, Br. Zool. 1. No. 144 Will (Ang.) p. 238. Lath. Syn. 4. 



p. 398. 4 Id. Supp. p. 1?8 Mont. Ornith. Diet. Id. Supp. Lewirfs 



Br. Birds, 3. t. 95 Edw. t. 259 Wale. Syn. 2. t. 227 Pult. Cat. Dor- 



set. p. 8 Bewick's Br. Birds, v. 1. p. t. 190. 



PROVINCIAL Winter Wagtail 



WITH all the activity and sprightliness that characterize 

 the preceding species, the present bird unites a finer turn of 

 form, and more graceful carriage ; and also exhibits a more 

 varied and handsome arrangement of colours. It is only Periodical 

 known as a winter or equatorial migrant in the southern v 

 counties of England,* whilst in the northern parts of the 

 kingdom, on the contrary, it is a regular summer visitant, 

 arriving in April, and retiring, with few exceptions, about 

 the end of September, or the beginning of the following 



* See MONT. Ornith. Diet, article Wagtail, grey. 



