WAGTEAILS. 
Motacillidae. 
largely represented on the Eastern Hemisphere, while of about 
one hundred species, known to science, only eight or ten make the 
New World their abode. And even these are of little interest to us 
as they mainly inhabit high northern regions. Dr. Coues says, 
that these birds may be considered. Sylvians modified for terrestrial 
habits. : 
The family consists of three genera: 
1, Motacilla Linnzus. l Wartail 
2, Budytes CUVIER. | es 
3, Anthus BECHSTEIN. Pipits. Four species. 
The Wuitre WacralL, Motacilla alba Linn., of northern Europe and 
northern Asia, is an accidental bird in Greenland, while SwInHoE’s WacrTalt, 
Motacilla ocularis SwInH., of eastern Asia, is accidentally found in Lower 
California and on the Aleutian Islands(?). The SIBERIAN YELLOW WaAGTAIL, 
Budytes flavus leucostriatus STEJN., is found in Alaska and northern Siberia to China, 
wintering in the Moluccas. 
AMERICAN PIPIT. 
Anthus pensilvanicus THIENEMANN. 
FAlSSHE AMERICAN Pipit, or TITLARK, breeds abundantly along the coast of Labrador 
ee and other regions of the Hudsonian Fauna to the Arctic coast, and also in the 
higher regions of the Rocky Mountains. During the migration, in September, and again 
in April and May, it is a common bird in the Mississippi valley. On the prairies near 
Houston, Texas, I have found it throughout the winter singly as well as in pairs and 
small flocks. Even on vacant places and on the streets of the city they moved about, 
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