326 WAGTAIL. 



near the water, of dried fibres and moss, lined with hair, feathers, or 

 wool ; the eggs are from six to eight, of a dirty white, marked with 

 yellow spots. It is an elegant species, and found in various parts of 

 the Continent : Linnaeus says, it is gregarious, but with us is rarely 

 in pairs, except just before the time of departure, when they are 

 frequently seen two together ; it is, however, the most numerous of 

 all the species in Gibraltar, attending that place at the same time 

 with the White one, and, like it, is assiduous, all winter and spring, 

 in attending on cattle, catching the flies that annoy their heads 

 and legs. It is called, at Bologna, by the names of Boarola, or 

 Boarina ; is also found at Senegal :* Pallas observed this species, 

 several times, even beyond Lake Baikal, but it is not met with in 

 Russia. 



A.— Motacilla Javensis, Bris. iii. 474. t. 25. f.2. Id. 8vo. i. 440. 



Bergeronette de Java, Buf. v. 272. 



Javan Wagtail, Gen. Syn. iv. 399. 4. A. Shaiv's Zool. x. 553. 



Length seven inches. Head, upper parts of the body, and upper 

 tail coverts olive yellow ; throat and neck grey ; the rest of the under 

 parts yellow, deepest towards the vent ; greater wing coverts brown ; 

 quills the same, but the secondaries are white half way from the 

 base ; the six middle tail feathers blackish ; the two next white within, 

 and at the tips, the outer edge blackish ; exterior one white, except 

 for two-thirds down the shaft, where it is blackish ; legs grey. 



Inhabits the Island of Java. 



B. — Motacilla cserulescens, Ind. Orn. Sup. liii. 



New-Holland Wagtail, Gen. Syn. Sup. ii. 232. Shaw's Zool. x. 558. 



Size and habit of the Grey Wagtail. Bill and legs black; the 

 tongue bristly at the tip; general colour of the plumage above pale 



* Adanson. 



