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White Wagtail, {Mot. Alba et cinerea, L.) Enl. 652. 



Ashy above, white under ; neck and chest black, with 



a coif on the occiput. 



When young M. Cinerea, Gml. PI. Enl. t. 6/4. f. 1. 

 and t. 652. f. 2. the complete winter plumage, — the 

 Albine variety M: Albida, Gml. Jacq. Heyt. 8. 



Mournful Wagtail, M. Lugubris, Pallas. 

 Above, throat, and chest black ; eyes, ears, belly, and 

 two outer tail-feathers white. 



Sometimes breeds with the former. Middle of 

 Europe and Russia. 



Green Wagtail, Brown Illust. M. Viridis, Gml. 

 Pale-green, beneath white ; head ash ; tail and wing 

 ash, white-edged. Ceylon. 



M. Aguimp, Temm. Vail. O. A. t. 178. Xe Berge- 



ronnette a Guimpe. M. Capensis, Licht. 

 Shining-black ; eyebrows, throat, and belly white ; 

 chest-band black ; two outer tail-feathers and wing-band 

 white. 



Pied Wagtail. M. Maderaspatana, Gml. Bay. Syn. 



t. 1. f. 1. and f 6. Vail. O. A. t. 184. 

 Black; belly white; wing-band white; tail white, two 

 middle feathers black. 



All the species of this genus are peculiar to the Old 

 Continent, M. Hudsonica of Lath, not being a Wag- 

 tail. 



M. Variegata, Vieil. Vaillant Ois. Afr. t. 179. 



Head and back olive-brown, beneath the same varied 



with yellow, and a black stripe across the breast ; quills 



black varied with yellow and white. Cape of Good 



Hope. 



Also consult M. Atricapilla and Coerulescens, Lath. 



