MOTACILLA ALBA. 
(WHITE WAGTAIL.) 
Ficedula motacilla, Brisson, Orn. iii. p. 461 (1760). 
Ficedula motacilla cinerea, Brisson, tom. cit. p. 465 (1760). 
Motacilla alba, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. p. 331, “Europe” (1766). 
La Lavandiére, Buff. Hist. Nat. Ois. vy. p. 251, “ Europe ” (1778). 
La Bergeronnette grise, Buff. tom. cit. p. 261, “ Europe” (1778). 
Motacilla cinerea, Gmel. Syst. Nat. i. p. 961, “Europe” (1788). 
Motacilla albeola, Pall. Zoogr. Rosso-As. i. p. 506, “ Europe, Russia, and Siberia” (1811). 
Motacilla septentrionalis, C. L. Brehm, Vog. Deutschl. p. 347, “N. Germany to Iceland” 
(1831). 
Motacilla sylvestris, C. L. Brehm, op. cit. p. 348, “ Germany ” (1831). 
Motacilla brachyrhynchos, C. L. Brehm, op. cit. p. 348, ‘East Germany” (1831). 
Motacilla dukhunensis, Sykes, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1832, p. 91, ‘ Deccan.” 
Motacilla brissoni, Macg. Man. Brit. B. i. p. 160, “ Continent of Europe” (1846). 
Motacilla baicalensis, Swinhoe, P. Z. 8. 1871, p. 363, “ Lake Baikal.” 
Lavandiére, Hochequeue grisé, French; Pispita, Spanish; Ballerina, Italian; Lic-zak, Zakak, 
Maltese; Msissi, Arabic; Dizizi, Moorish; wetsse Bachstelze, graue Wasserstelze, 
German; witte Kwikstaart, Dutch; Hvid Vipstjert, Danish; Eria Kongsdottur, Feroese ; 
Linerle, Norwegian; Sddesdrla, Swedish ; Valkonen Vastdrakki, Finnish ; Bieloe Treso- 
gushka, Russian. 
Figure notabiles. 
D’Aubenton, Pl. Enl. 652. figs. 1, 2, 674. fig. 1; Werner, Atlas, Insectivores, pl. 79; Kjeerb. 
Orn. Dan. taf. xix.; Frisch, Vog. Deutschl. taf. 23. fig. 4; Fritsch, Vog. Eur. taf. 21. fig. 14; 
Naumann, Vog. Deutschl. taf. 86; Sundevall, Svensk. Fogl. pl. ix. figs. 7, 8; Gould, B. 
of Eur. pl. 143; id. B. of G. B. iii. pl. 2; Schlegel, Vog. Nederl. pls. 100, 101. 
Ad. ptil. est. fronte, capitis et colli lateribus et corpore subtis albis: pileo postico cum nucha, mento, gula et 
gutture nigris: dorso cinereo, uropygio saturatiore: remigibus nigro-fuscis extus albido marginatis, 
secundariis intimis elongatis et tectricibus alarum nigris conspicué albo marginatis : rectricibus duabus 
externis utrinque albis, in pogonio interno vix nigro marginatis, reliquis nigris : hypochondriis cinereo 
lavatis : rostro et pedibus nigris: iride fusca. 
Ad. ptil. hiem. corpore ut in ptilosi xstivali sed paullo sordidiore, pileo cinereo immixto: corpore subtus, mento 
et gula albis, his vix sulfureo lavatis, pectore lunula nigra notato. 
Adult Male in spring (Schleswig, April). Forehead nearly to the centre of the crown, and sides of the face 
and neck pure white; hind crown, nape, chin, throat and upper breast jet-black; back ashy grey, 
3B 
Zoe 
