MOTACILLA. 31 



Motacilla flava. Blue-headed Yellow Wagtail. 



Motacilla flava, Linneeus, S. N. i. p. 331 (1766). 

 Motacilla flava, Naum. iii. p. 839; Hewitson, p. 168; Gray, 

 p. Q7 ; Yarr. ed. 3, i. p. 437 ; Newton, i. p. 558 ; Harting, 

 p. 23; Dresser, iii. p. 261. 

 Motacilla neglecta, Yarr. ed. 2, i. p. 412. 

 Budytes flava, Macg. ii. p. 208 ; Gould, iii. pi. 4. 

 Fldva = yellow. 



An accidental straggler to the southern, south-western, 

 and eastern counties of England, and more rarely to South 

 Ireland and Scotland : nests in Northumberland. Breeds in 

 the central portions of Europe and Asia and as far east as 

 Alaska, and winters in South Europe, North Africa, and 

 India. 



[Motacilla viridis. Gseyseadeb Yellow Waotail. 



Motacilla viridis, Gmelin, Syst. Nat. i. p. 965 (1788). 



Motacilla cinereicapilla, Newton, i. p. 560, note. 

 Budytes cinereocapilla, Gould, iii. pi. 5. 

 Motacilla cinereocapilla, Harting, p. 108. 

 MotacUla viridis, Dresser, iii. p. 269. 



Viridis = green, from the general colour of the back. 



Inserted hy Mr. Gould {I. c.) by mistake, as his figure does 

 not represent this species, for it has a white streak behind the 

 ear. A specimen recorded from Norfolk proved to be one 

 of M. flava, L. (Gumey, Trans. Norf. & Norw. Nat. Soc. 

 1876, p. 226). An inhabitant of the northern portion of 

 the Palsearctic Region.] 



Motacilla rail. Yellow Wagtail. 



Budytes Rayi, Bonaparte, Comp. List B. Eur. and 

 N.Am. p. 18 (1838). 

 Budytes rayi, Macg. ii. p. 212; Gould, iii. pi. 3. 

 Motacilla rayi, Hewitson, p. 170; Yarr. ed. 3, i. p. 443; 



Harting, p. 23. 

 Motacilla campestris. Gray, p. 68. 



