WAGTAIL. 335 



22 —RUFOUS-CHEEKED WAGTAIL. 



SIZE of the White Wagtail ; length six inches and a half. Bill 

 rather more stout than in that species, and dusky, with the base 

 somewhat broad; plumage in general above brown; sides of the 

 head under the eye, pale rufous ; on the chin and throat a slight 

 tinge of the same ; the rest of the under parts white, passing on each 

 side of the neck, but not quite to the back part ; wings as the back, 

 the four first quills nearly equal in length, but the first somewhat 

 shorter ; tail three inches long, much rounded, or slightly cuneiform ; 

 the feathers rather pointed at the ends; the outer one about half an 

 inch shorter ; colour rather darker than the wings, which, when 

 closed, reach about one-fourth of the length ; legs somewhat strong, 

 one inch long, the joint fully covered with feathers, colour brown, 

 claws crooked, moderate in size. 



From the collection of Lord Stanley. Native place uncertain. 



^23.— GREEN WAGTATL. 



Motacilla viridis, Ind. Orn. ii. 505. Gm. Lin. i. 962. 



Green Wagtail, Gen. Syn. iv. 403. Brown, 111. 86. pi. 33. Shaw's Zool. x. 551. 



LENGTH four inches. Head cinereous ; neck, back, and breast, 

 pale green ; wings and tail cinereous, edged with white ; belly white. 

 Inhabits Ceylon. 



24.— HUDSONIAN WAGTAIL. 



Motacilla Hudsonica, Ind. Orn. ii. 503, Vieill. Am. ii. p. 47. 

 Hudsonian Wagtail, Gen. Syn. Sup. ii. 231. Shaw's Zool. x. 552. 



LENGTH six inches. Rill somewhat stout, yellowish brown; 

 plumage above brown, the feathers margined with ferruginous ; chin 

 and throat pale ferruginous, streaked with dusky; breast, belly, and 



