176 GREY-HEADED WAGTAIL. 



brown, margined with yellowish white. The tail is very long, 

 and slightly rounded at the end; the middle feathers are 

 nearly black, edged with greenish yellow, the two outer ones 

 white, excepting an oblique nearly black band, widest in the 

 second, extending for half an inch from the end over part 

 of the outer web, and the greater portion of the inner web; 

 the next with a narrow outer edge of white; upper tail 

 coverts, yellowish green, tinged with brown, the former fading 

 out in autumn. Legs and toes, brownish black, and not so 

 slender as in some of the family; claws, black. 



In the female the length is nearly six inches and a quarter; 

 the bill is brownish black; iris, dusky brown over it runs a 

 white streak; head and crown, grey, duller than in the male, 

 mixed with greenish brown in the autumn. The neck in 

 front, yellowish white, with some brown feathers; on the back 

 and the nape the grey is duller; chin, white; throat, yellowish 

 or buff white; breast, pale yellow; back, greyish brown. 

 Greater and lesser wing coverts, dusky brown, nearly white 

 on the edges; under tail coverts, yellow. Legs and toes, 

 brownish black. 



The young male, in his first plumage in autumn, resembles 

 the female, except that the grey on the head is more mixed 

 with brown, and afterwards with green; chin, yellow. The 

 yellow on the breast is clouded with brown and buff orange. 



The young female has the chin and throat buff white; the 

 breast mottled with brown above, and on the lower part pale 

 yellow, as are the under tail coverts. 



One has been seen pure white. 





