SYLVIADJE. 



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iEgithina above olive-green; beneath yellow; with the crown 

 dark-coloured ; the outer tail-feathers white at the tip, the beak 

 dusky, the legs brown. 



Sylvia leucoptera. Steph. Gen. Zool. v. x. p. 753? 



Inhabits North America. 



GENUS CXI.— BUDYTE8, Cuvier. 



Mostrum gracile 



cylindri- 

 cum, rectum; mandibula 

 superior inter nares angu- 

 lata, apice laciniata. 



Pennce scapularice longiores. 

 Cauda elongata. 

 Tarsi elevati. 



Unguis posticus pollicem lon- 

 gius, arcuatus. 



Beak slender, cylindric, 

 straight ; the upper man- 

 dible angulated between 

 the nostrils, its tip lacini- 

 ated. 



Scapular y feathers long. 



Tail elongated. 



Tarsi elevated. 



Hinder claw longer than the 

 toe, arcuated. 



Sp. 1. Bu. flava. 



Motacilla flava. Steph. v. x. p. 560. — Britain and other parts 

 of Europe. 

 Sp. 2. Bu. boarula. 



Motacilla boarula. Steph. v. x. p. 554. pi. 49.— Britain and 

 other parts of Europe. 



There are several other species of this genus, but 

 I have not been able to identify them. 



GENUS CX1I.— MOTACILLA Auctorum. WAGTAIL. 



Hostrum gracile, cylindri- 

 cum, rectum ; mandibula 

 superior inter nares angu- 

 lata, apice laciniata. 



Beak slender, cylindric, 

 straight; the upper man- 

 dible angulated between 

 the nostrils, its tip laeini- 

 atcd. 



