476 CLASS AVES. 



Suppl. ; M. Melanops, Pallas ; M. Indica, M. Afra, 

 M. Tschutschensis, Lath. 



31. Capensis, of Gmelin, according to Lichtenstein, 

 is the young of M. Aguimp, Temminck, 



The BuDYTEs, (BuDYTES, Cuv.) 

 have^ with the characters of the last, the thumb-claws 

 elongated, and a little arched, which approximates 

 them to the Pipits, or Field-larks. They remain in 

 pasturages, and hunt insects among the flocks. 



The Yellow Wagtail. Bergeronnette de Printemps, 

 (M. Flava,) Enl. 674. 2. Edw. t. 258. 



is ash-coloured above, olive on the back, yellow under- 

 neath^ an eye-brow, and two-thirds of the lateral 

 quills of the tail white. 



The M. Chrysogastra, Bechst., and Yellow Wagtail, 



Edw. t. 258. 

 It does not change its colour with the season, like the 

 other species. 



M. Melanocephala, Lich. 

 Like M. Flava, but forehead, ears, and nape black. 



M. Boarula, Lin. M. Melanope, Pallas, PI. Enl. t. 28. 



f. 1. young hen. Edw. t. 259. cf. M. Sulphurea, 



Bechst. 

 Above ash ; rump yellow-olive ; eye and neck-band 

 white ; throat black ; beneath pale-yellow ; wing and 

 middle tail-feathers black, greenish-white edged ; outer 

 tail-feathers internally white ; length seven inches and 

 a half. 



Yellow-headed Wagtail, Lath. M. Citreola, Pallas, 

 Talk. Voy. iii. t. 29. M. Scheltobriusk, Lepech. 

 Voy. i. t. 8. f. 1. 



Crown, cheeks, and beneath lemon-yellow ; occipital 



