WAGTAIL. 



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GENUS XLVIII.— WAGTAIL. 



1 White Wagtail 

 A Whitish 



B Collared 

 C Var. 



2 Specious 



3 Forked 



4 Black and white 



5 Pied 



6 Aguimp 



7 Mournful 



8 Southern 



9 Grey-backed 



10 Cinereous 

 A Var. 



11 Grey 



A Javan 



B New-Holland 



12 Yellow 



A Timor 

 B Pilkey 



13 Yellow-headed 



14 Cape 



15 Variegated 



16 African 



17 Dauurian 



18 Tchutscki 



19 Calcutta 



20 Indian 



21 Black-headed 



22 Rufous-cheeked 



23 Green 



24 Hudsonian 



25 Scapular 



BlLL weak, slender, slightly notched at the tip. 



Tongue lacerated at the end. 



Tail elongated. 



Legs slender. 



Birds of this Genus frequent the sides of brooks, and have the 

 tail frequently in motion ; their pace running for the most part ; fly 

 in an undulating manner, especially if to any distance; seldom perch; 

 have a twittering noise during flight ; make the nest either upon the 

 ground, or in a low bush near it. Except the last but one described, 

 none of the Genus are met with in America ; and it may be doubted 

 whether either of the two last are true Wagtails. 



1— WHITE WAGTAIL. 



Motacilla alba, Ind. Orn. ii. p. 501. Lin. i. 331. Faun. suec. No. 252. Gm. Lin.i. 



960. Scop.\. No. 224. Brun. No. 271. Mu Her, No. 272. Kram. 373. 1. Frisch, 



t.23. 4. Georgi, p. 174. Faun. arag. 88. Sepp. Fog. t. p. 119. Rail, p. 75. A 1. 



Will. 171. pi. 42. Bris.m. 461. Id. 8vo. i. 437. Borowsk. iii. 188. Gerin.iv. 



t. 385. 1. Tern. Man. d'Orn. 144. Id. Ed. ii. 256. 

 Sylvia pectore nigro, Klein, 78. Id. Stem. 14. 1. 16. f.6. a. b. Id. Ov. 26. 1. 10. f. 19. 



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