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THORACIC WAGTAIL. 



The African Wagtail inhabits the Cape of Good 

 Hope : length about six inches and a half, of which 

 the tail is nearly half: the beak is black: the 

 upper parts of its plumage are yellowish brown : 

 the eyebrows, wings, tail, and legs, are black : the 

 under tail-coverts are white : the rest of the under 

 parts of the plumage yellow : the hind claws very 

 long. 



THORACIC WAGTAIL. 



(Motacilla thoracica.) 



Mo. griseo'olivacea, subtus jftavescens, gula alba^ loris Jasciaque 

 pectorali nigris. 



Greyish-olive Wagtail, beneath yellowish, with white throat, 



black lores, and pectoral band. 

 Motacilla thoracica. Shatv. Nat. Misc, vol. 22. 

 Le Plastron noir. Le Vail. Ois. d'Afriq. pi, 123. 

 Thoracic Warbler. Shatv. Nat. Misc. vol. 22. pi. 9^9- 



The Thoracic Wagtail inhabits the interior of 

 Africa : it is described by Mon. Le Vaillant in 

 his splendid work on the African Birds. 



