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PIED OR COMMON WAGTAIL. 



MOTACILLA LUGUBRIS, Temm. 



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

 Motacilla yarrelli, Naum. xiii. p. 114; Macg. ii. p. 225. 

 Motacilla yarrellii, Hewitson, i. p. 163. 

 Motacilla lugabris, Yarr. ed. 4, i. p. 538 ; Dresser, iii. p. 239. 



Lavandiere, French ; Schwarze Bachstelze, German ; Neve- 

 rilla, Spanish. 



This well-known and charming bird I can only con- 

 sider as a local race of Motacilla alba ; its range appears 

 to be virtually limited to our islands and the extreme 

 west of the continent of Europe. 



In common with most, if not all, of our purely insec- 

 tivorous birds, it is a local migrant ; but, as far as I 

 am aware, has not hitherto been met with south of the 

 Mediterranean. 



