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MOTACILLA FLAVA. 
(BLUE-HEADED WAGTAIL.) 
Ficedula motacilla verna, Briss. Orn. iii. p. 468 (1760). 
Motacilla flava, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. p. 331, ‘‘ Europe” (1766). 
Motacitla boarula, Scop. Ann. I. Hist. Nat. p. 154 (1769). 
Motacilla campestris, Pall. Reise Russ. Reichs, iii. p. 696, “ Russia” (1776). 
Parus luteus, 8S. G. Gmel. Reise, iii. p. 101, pl. 20. fig. 1, “ Astrachan ” (1774). 
¢Parus caspicus, S. G. Gmel. tom. cit. p. 102, pl. 20. fig. 2, “ Caspian” (1774). 
La Bergeronnette grise, Buff. Hist. Nat. Ois. v. p. 261; Pl. Enl. 674. fig. 1 (1778). 
La Bergeronnette de printemps, Buff. tom. cit. p. 265; Pl. Enl. 674. fig. 2, “ Europe” (1778). 
La Bergeronnette de (Isle de Timor, Buff. tom. cit. p. 275, “Timor” (1778). 
Motacilla chrysogastra, Bechst. Gemeinn. Naturg. Deutschl. 2nd ed. ii. p. 466, “ Europe, 
Dauria, Java, Senegal” (1807). 
Motacilla flaveola, Pall. Zoogr. Rosso-As. i. p. 501, “ Russia and Siberia” (1811). 
Motacilla flavescens, Steph. in Shaw’s Gen. Zool. x. p. 559, “EH. Timor” (1817). 
Budytes, Cuv. (La Bergeronnette de printemps, Buff.), Régne Animal, p. 371 (1817). 
Motacilla bistrigata, Raffl. Trans. Linn. Soc. xiii. p. 312, “Sumatra” (1822). 
Budytes flavus, C. L. Brehm, Vog. Deutschl. p. 344, “‘ Germany ” (1831). 
Budytes beema, Sykes, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1832, p. 90,  Dukhun.” 
Motacilla neglecta, Gould, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1832, p. 129. 
Motacilla flava, var. vulgaris, Sundev. K. Vet. Ak. Handl. 1840, p. 53, “ Stockholm.” 
Budytes gouldi, Macgillivray, Man. Brit. Birds, i. p. 163, ‘Continent of Europe, England ” 
(1840). 
Budytes schisticeps, Hodgs. in Gray’s Zool. Misc. p. 83, “ India” (1844). 
Budytes dubius v. anthoides, Hodgs. op. cit. p. 83, ‘ India” (1844). 
Budytes pygmeus, A. E. Brehm, J. fiir Orn. 1854, p. 74, footnote, “ N. E. Africa.” 
Budytes superciliaris, A. K. Brehm, ut supra, “ Chartoum.” 
Budytes fasciatus, C. L. Brehm, Vogelfang, p. 141, “ Galicia, Hungary” (1855). 
Budytes paradoxus, C. L. Brehm, op. cit. p. 142 (1855). 
Budytes campestris (Pall.), C. L. Brehm, op. cit. p. 142, “‘ Heligoland” (1855). 
Yellow, Grey-headed Yellow, or Blue-headed Yellow Wagtail, English; Bergeronnette de 
printemps, French; Alveloa amarilla, Portuguese; Pispita amarilla, Spanish ; Cutrettola 
gialla, Italian; Kappamosk, Maltese; gelbe Bachstelze,German; gele Kwikstaart, Dutch ; 
Gul-Vipstjert, Danish; Gulerle, Norwegian; Guldrla, Swedish; Keltanen Vdastérakki, 
Finnish ; Jeltaya triasoguska, Russian. 
Figure notabiles. 
D’Aubenton, Pl. Enl. 674. fig. 2; Werner, Atlas, Insectivores, pl. 82; Kjerb. Orn. Dan. 
