554 



GREY WAGTAIL. 



This species approaches very near, but cannot 

 be associated with, the Grey Wagtail, as its re- 

 sidence is so remote, this being found in Java, 

 and the latter inhabiting only Europe, unless the 

 bird mentioned by Adanson be the same which he 

 calls the Ortolan of Senegal ; but most probably it 

 is a distinct species. 



The length of this bird is seven inches: its 

 beak and legs are grey : the head, upper parts of 

 the body, and upper tail-coverts, are olive yellow : 

 the greater wing-coverts and quills are brown, the 

 base of the secondaries excepted, which are white: 

 the throat and neck are grey: the rest of the under 

 parts are yellow, towards the vent deepest : the 

 six middle tail-feathers are dusky, the two next 

 white within and at the tip, with the outer edge 

 dusky ; the outer one white, the base of the shaft 

 excepted, which is dusky. 



GREY WAGTAIL. 



(Motacilla Boarula.) 



Mo. cinerea suhtus Jiam, rectrice prima tota, secunda latere hi' 

 teriore, alba. 



Cinereous Wagtail, beneath yellow, with the whole of the first 

 tail-feather, and the inner web of the second, white. 



Motacilla Boarula. Lin. Mant. 177 1. 527.—Gmel, Syst. Nat. 

 1, gg^.-^Lath. Ind, Orn. 2. 502. 4. 



Motacilla flava. Briss. Orn, 3. 471. 4l.pl. 23. f. 3. 



Motacilla cinerea. Rai/. Syn, 75. 3. 



