

THE YELLOW WAGTAIL. 



{Motacilla Rayi.) 



T) Y many authors the Yellow Wagtails have 

 ^-^ been separated from the Pied Wagtails 

 under the generic term Budytes, proposed by 

 Cuvier, not only in consequence of their very 

 different colouration, but also on account of their 

 possessing a longer and more strongly-developed 

 hind claw. The numerous intermediate forms, 

 however, which the researches of modern na- 

 turalists have brought to light from various parts 

 of the Old World, have rendered this sub- 



