BIRDS. PASSKRES. 23. Motacilla. 43 



98. A. minor. Yellow-brown with dusky spot, : throat 

 and breast ochre-yellow with brown spots : chin and 

 belly yellowish white. 



Field Lark. Lewin t.gz. Walcott. 192. 



Length 6 inclics and a half: weight nearly 6 drachms. 

 Bill dusky, beneath whitish : iris ha/.t-l : uiing-covtri* tipt with 

 dirty white : rump not fpottcd : otitrnoft tail-feathers half white. 

 fecondaries tipt with white : legs yellow bro\vn ; Jiind-claw short, 

 curved. 



99. A. rubra. Rufous-brown with dusky spo f s : sides of 

 the neck anil breast ferruginous with dusky spots: 

 cheeks dusky : over Ihe eye a pale rufous streak. 



Red Lark. Ltwin t. 89. Ediuards t. 297.. 



Size of the Sky Lark. Bill whitish beneath at the bafe : iris 

 hazel : chin and throat pale ferruginous : from the bill acrofs the 

 eyes a dusky ftreak : wings with 2 finall whitish lines acrofs them : 

 greater quills dusky with a ycllovv-\vhite edge, the reft with a ru- 

 fous margin : belly and vent dirty white : middle tail-feathers black- 

 ish with rufous margins, outer-ones white, fecondarics white on 

 the outer-web and tip, the rest dusky : legs 'reddish-brown : hind- 

 calw as long as the toe, a little rurved. 



100. A. cristata. Head ( .-.rested : pale chcsnut, with 

 dus^ spots: belly and vent dirty white, unspotted : 

 tail-leathers blackish, the 2 outmost white on the 

 outer margins. 



Greater crcftcd Lark. Lewin t. 8,3. Ail>in t. y>. 



Length 6 inches and 3 quarters : larger than the Skylark. 

 Bill dusky above, yellowish beneath : iris ha/el : crest compofed 

 of 7-12 feathers nearly half an inch in length : neck and shoulders 

 grey-chefnut : wing-coverts brownish-Hack-, with a chefnut edge : 

 throat and breatt pale yellow, with a few black spots : tail about 2 

 inches long : legsbro\vn : hind-claw long. 



101. A. cristatelfa. Head crested: above brown with black- 

 ish spots ; beneath pale ferruginous : over the eyes a 

 pale line : quill and tail-feathers brown : legs reddish. 



Lesser crested Lark. Lewin t. 87. PI. enlum. ,503, f. 2. 



Lefs than the last. Bill dark horn-colour : iris hazel : crest lon- 

 ger : wing-coverts rich-brown with buff edges : throat and breast 

 pale brown, with oblong blackish fpots : belly and vent dull white : 

 tc.il short, the outer-feathers edged with white : legs and tacs short, 

 slender : hind-claw long, slightly curved. 



23. MOTACILLA. Wagtail. 



102. M. alba. Chin, lower part of the neck and breast 

 black : 2 outer tail-feathers obliquely white for moie 

 than half their length. 



White Wagtail. Br. Zool. t. 55. Lewin t. 95. Donovan t. 5. 



Length 7 inches and a half: weight nearly 6 dracltms. 

 Bill black : iris dusky : front, cheeks, and sides of the neck white : 

 crown and upper and under sides of the neck black : buck greyish- 

 black : belly and vent white : greater wing-coverts black, tipt with 

 white : tjuills dusky, the inner-ones bordered with white on the 

 outer-webs: tail black, except the outer-feathers: legs black. . 



Female dusky where the male is black, and more grey abo-ve. 

 In the autumn there is only a black crefcent-like mark on the 

 breaft. 



103. M. BoaraTa. Above dark grey, beneath buff yellow: 

 vent anil ramp pale yellow: outmost tail-ieaUiers 

 entirely white, secondaries on the inner- webs. 



