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equal in length. The female much paler, having no black behind 

 the neck ; forehead, sides, and throat, pale yellow, mixed with grey. 

 The young bird is much like the supposed female ; but in both, most 

 of the larger wing coverts are white at the ends, and form a bar ; 

 also the quills in both, are darker coloured than the rest of the wing ; 

 length six inches and a half ; tail two inches and three quarters. 

 Found at Lucknow, in India, in March. 



14.— CAPE WAGTAIL. 



Motacilla Capensis, Ind. Orn. ii. 505. Lin. i. 333. Gm. Lin. i. 979. Bris. iii. 476. 



t. 25. f. 3. Id. Svo. i. 440. 

 Bergeronette du Cap. de B. Esp. Buf. v. 273. PL enl. 28. 2. 

 La Lavandiere brune, Levail. Afr. iv. 80. pi. 177. 

 Cape Wagtail, Gen. Si/n. iv. 402. Shaw's Zool. x. 549. 



SIZE of the White Wagtail. Bill and legs dusky; plumage 

 above brown, beneath white, inclining to dusky on the sides; over 

 the eye a whitish streak ; across the breast a dusky band ; quills 

 brown, edged with grey ; tail black, except the two outer feathers, 

 which have more than half from the end white. 



The female is smaller, the colours less pure, and without the 

 black collar. In young birds, neither the collar nor the rufous crown 

 are so well defined. 



Inhabits the Cape of Good Hope. — In Levaillant's figure the 

 quills, as well as the tail, are black. This species is found in great 

 plenty every where, especially round cattle, picking flies from their 

 noses ; sometimes seen in flocks, and is a tame species. It makes 

 the nest on small bushes at the edge of the water ; sometimes on the 

 ground, or a crag projecting into the water; and formed of the roots 

 of grass, bents, &c. lined with hair ; the eggs are four, and fulvous. 



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