492 GREY WAGTAIL. Class II. 



It makes its nest on the ground, in corn 

 fields; the outside is composed of decayed stems 

 of plants, and small fibrous roots ; the inside is 

 lined with hair : it lays five eggs, of a pale brown 

 color, sprinkled all over with a darker shade, 

 and not unlike those of the sedge warbler. This 

 species migrates in September. 



3. Grey. M. Boarula. M. cinerea sub- Codatreraola. Zinan. 51. 



tus flava, rectrice prima tota, Bergeronette jaune. Brisson 



secunda latere interiore alba. av.'in. 471. t. 23. f. 3. Hist. 



Lath. Ind. om. 502. id. d'ois. v. 268. PL Enl. 28. 



Syn. 398. id. Sup. i. 178. /• 1. 



Susixrada. Belon oks.'ri. Grey Wagtail. Edw. av.25Q. 



Motacilla flava, (Gale Wasser- Motacilla Boarula. Gm. Lin. 



steltz.) Gesner av. 618. 997. 



Aldr. av. 323. Scopoli, 225. 



Wil. om. 328. Br. Zool. 105. 

 Raii Syn. av. 75. 



Descrip- X HE top of the head, upper part of the neck, 

 and the back of this species, are ash-colored, 

 slightly edged with yellowish green; the space 

 round each eye is ash colored, beneath and 

 above which is a line of white ; in the male, the 

 chin and throat are black ;* the feathers incum- 

 bent on the tail are yellow ; the tail is longer, in 

 proportion to its size, than that of the other kinds ; 

 the two exterior feathers are white, the rest 



* During the winter these marks are said to disappear. Ed. 



