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PASSERINES. 



snapping note, while endeavouring to lead the intruder off in 

 pursuit of themselves." 



The "Wagtails [Motacilla, Cuvier) are remarkable for their slender, 



Fig. 252. — The Stone Chat [Saxicola rubkoUt, Temm.). 



elegant fornr ; the neck of moderate length ; the head ovate, small, 

 and narrow ; plumage soft and blended ; the wings long, broad. 



Fij;, 2.53.— Tne Pied Wagtail {ilutacilla i'arreili. GoulJ.) 



and pointed; tail long, straight, slender, consisting of twelve 

 weak, narrow feathers. The Wagtails are intimately allied to the 



