PIED WAGTAIL. 395 
INSESSORES. MOTACILLID A. 
DIENTIROSTRES. 
THE PIED WAGTAILIL. 
Motacilla Yarrellit. 
Motacilla alba, White Wagtail, Penn. Brit. Zool. vol. i. p. 489. 
oD a a oh Monracu. Ornith. Dict. 
5 35 Pied as Bewicx, Brit. Birds, vol. i. p. 231. 
5 x White  ,, Fem. Brit. An. p. 73. 
A Pe Pied 5 Sevsy, Brit. Ornith. vol. i. p. 251. 
5 55 - 53 Jenyns, Brit. Vert. p. 114. 
“5 Varrelliz ,, We Gou.p, Birds of Europe, pt. 1. under the 
name of alba in the description, and 
Varrellit in the General Index. 
5 5 Bergeronette Varrellti, Tum. Man. d’Ornith. vol. iv. p. 620. 
Moracinia. Generic Characters.—Bill slender, subulate, straight, carinated, 
angulated between the nostrils, emarginated at the tip; the edges of both man- 
dibles slightly compressed inwards. Nostrils basal, lateral, oval, and partly con- 
cealed by a naked membrane. Wings of moderate size; the first quill-feather 
the longest, the second and third equal in length, and nearly as long as the first ; 
the tertials very long. Tarsus much longer than the middle toe; the outer toe 
of the three in front joined to the middle toe at its base; the claw of the hind toe 
sometimes elongated. Tail of twelye feathers, long, and nearly eyen at the end, 
