TROGLODYTES MOTACILLA 197 



292. NORTHERN WREN. 

 TROGLODYTES BOREALIS. 



Troglodytes borealis, Fischer. J.f.O. 1861. p. 14, pi. i; Baedeker, Eier, 

 Eur. Vog. pi. 76, fig. 6 (egg) ; Dresser, iii. p. 229, pi. 124, fig. 2 ; 

 (Sharpe), Cat. B. Br. Mus. vi. p. 272. 



Mousabrouir, Fseroese ; Musarbrodir, Rindill, Icelandic. 



$ ad. (Fseroe). Resembles T. parvulus but is darker and has the 

 under parts more strongly barred, the beak longer and stouter and the legs 

 and feet much stouter. Culmen O65, wing 2-1, tail 1'5, tarsus 0'88 inch. 

 Sexes alike. 



Hob. Iceland and the Faeroes. 



In general habits it does not differ from T. parvulus, but its 

 song is said to be louder. Its nest is rather larger and stouter 

 than that of the Common Wren, is constructed of hay and well 

 lined with feathers, and the eggs resemble those of that species, 

 but are considerably larger, measuring 0*71 by 0*51. 



MOTACILLA, Linn., 1766. 



293. PIED WAGTAIL. 

 MOTACILLA LUGUBRIS. 



Motacilla lugubris, Temm. Man. d'Orn. i. 'p. 253 (1820) ; Newton, i. 



p. 538 ; Dresser, iii. p. 239, pi. 125, fig. 3, 126, fig. 2 ; Sharpe, Cat. 



B. Br. Mus. x. p. 460; Saunders, p. 121 ; Lilford, iii. p. 101, 



pi. 52 ; M. yarrelli, Gould, B. of E. pref. to vol. ii. (1837) ; id. B. 



of Gt. Brit. iii. pi. 1 ; Hewitson, i. p. 163, pi. xli. figs, 1, 2 ; 



Naum. xiii. pt, 2, p. 114, Taf. 377, fig. 1. 



$ ad. (England). Head, neck, upper parts, throat and breast deep 

 black ; wing-coverts and inner secondaries externally margined with 

 white ; two outer tail-feathers nearly white ; rest of tail black ; fore- 

 head, sides of head and of neck and belly white ; flanks blackish ; bill 

 and legs black. Culmen 0'6, wing 3'6, tail 3'75, jtarsus 1*0 inch. The 

 female has the back tinged with dark grey and the tail is shorter, and in 

 winter both sexes lose the black on the chin and throat and are greyer. 

 The young have the upper parts dull grey tinged with olive-buff, the 

 throat, sides of neck, and breast buffy white tinged with yellowish, the 

 lower throat and breast marked with black. 



Hob. Great Britain and Western Europe as far east as 

 southern Scandinavia, wintering in southern Europe as far 

 east as Sardinia and Sicily, and in N. W. Africa. 



Frequents gardens and meadows, especially where the soil is 

 moist, and near water, feeding on insects of various kinds, small 



