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on the middle of the wing a large bed of white, taking in a part of 

 the wing coverts and quills ; belly, thighs, and vent white ; the two 

 middle tail feathers black, the others with the ends white, most so 

 in proportion as they are more outward; the exterior wholly white, 

 except just at the base. The female is like the male, but smaller. 



Inhabits the interior of the Cape of Good Hope, chiefly on the 

 borders of the Orange River, 28 deg. south, but not among the 

 Caffres. The natives call it Aguimp : its cry is hasty, like Pzit, 

 Pzit, Prizizi, Prizizi : has the manners of our species, and might 

 easily be mistaken for it : it perches on trees, but makes the nest on 

 bushes, near rivers, and sometimes in the hollow of a rock, composed 

 of dry plants, mixed with moss, and lined with hay. The hen sits 

 thirteen days. 



In Lord Mountnorris's collection of drawings are two birds, 

 similar to the above : the first eight inches long; forehead, crown, 

 cheeks, all the under parts, and rump, white ; neck behind, and 

 throat black ; the rest of the upper parts lead-colour ; on the wing 

 a band of white, the rest of the wing black ; some of the feathers 

 margined with white, the ends of the others white. 



The second bird has all the upper parts from the bill pale lead- 

 colour ; beneath white ; wings and tail as in the other, but without 

 the white bar on the wing; another of these had much pale yellow 

 in the front, and fore part of the neck, and some black mottlings 

 across the breast. 



7— MOURNFUL WAGTAIL. 



Motacilla lugubris, Tern. Man. Ed. ii. 253. Faun, rossic. 



LENGTH about seven inches. Bill, legs, and irides black ; the 

 plumage mostly deep black ; forehead, region of the eyes and ears, 

 the belly, and two exterior tail feathers white; flanks dusky ash, in 

 some black ; wings the same, the coverts edged with white. Male 



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