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DAUURIAN WAGTAIL. 

 (Motacilla melanopa.) 



Mo. ccBrulescenti-cinerect subtus Jiava, Ion's guttureque nigris, 

 siiperciliis rectricibusque utrinque tribus lateralibus albis, ex- 

 tima margine exterior e nigra. 



Blueish-ash Wagtail, beneath yellow, with the lores and throat 

 black ; the eyebrows and three lateral tail-feathers on each 

 side white, the outer one with the exterior edge black. 



Motacilla melanopa. Pall. Trav. 3. 6g6. 1 6. — Gmel. Sj/st, Nat. 

 1. 997. — Lath. Ind. Orn, 2. 503. 5. 



Dauurian Wagtail. Lath. Syn, Sup, IL 231. 2. 



The prevailing colour of this bird, which slightly 

 resembles the Yellow Wagtail, is blueish ash on 

 the upper parts, and yellow on the under : over 

 the eyes is a white streak, commencing at the 

 gape: the lores and throat are black; the three 

 exterior tail-feathers are white, except the outer 

 edge, which is black. It inhabits the eastern parts 

 of Dauuria. 



NEW HOLLAND WAGTAIL. 

 (Motacilla caerulescens.) 



Mo. pallide ccerulea, subtus Jlavescens, alula alba, remigibus rec- 

 tricibusque nigris. 



Pale-blue Wagtail, beneath yellowish, with the spurious ^ing 

 white, the quills and tail-feathers black. 



Motacilla ca&rulescens. Lath. Ind. Orn. Sup. liii. 2. 



New Holland Wagtail. Lath. Syn. Sup. IL 232. 5. 



