T4 BIUDS. PASSEEES. Anthus. 
spotted with light brown and ash-colour. The ymng birds have the under 
side of a dirty white, the breast a brown ash, and no black on the throat. 
Ketires in the severity of winter to the sea-shore. 
74. M. hoarula. Grey Wagtail. — Above grey, beneath buf- 
fy-yellow, vent and rump pale yellow. 
M. cinerea. Will. Orn. 172. Penn. Brit. Zool. i. 368. — M. boar. Temm. 
Orn. i. 257 — E., Winter Wagtail ; W, Brith y fyches Iwyd. — Chiefly 
observed in winter. 
Size of the last. Bill dusky ; legs brownish. Irides dark hazel. Throat 
black, a white band above the eyes and sides of the throat. Wing-covers 
and quills black, bordered with yellowish-white. The three outer tail-fea- 
thers white, the second and third, with the outer web, black at the base, the 
others dusky. In winter the black on the throat disappears. 'The female 
wants the black on the throat according to Temminck, but she possesses it 
according to Montagu, whose accuracy, in this respect, is attested by Mr Sel- 
by, — “ Illustrations,” p. 211. Nest in heaps of stones. Eggs 6, pointed, 
dirty white, with reddish spots. — Breeds in Devonshire, according to Mr 
Tucker {Mont. Orn. Diet. Supt.) Besides in other parts, during the winter 
months, chiefly near streams. 
75. 'M.Jlava. Yellow Wagtail. — Plumage olive-green above, 
beneath bright yellow. 
Will. Orn. 172. Sihh. Scot. 18. Penn. Brit. Zool. i. 362. Temm. Orn. 
i. 260. — IT, Brith y fyches felen. — A summer visitant. 
Size of M. alba. Bill and legs black. The hind claw long and nearly straight. 
Irides hazel. A white streak over the eye. Quills and tail dusky, but the 
two lateral ones of the last white from the middle. Female more cinereous 
above, and whiter below. Nest in holes in the ground, or at the roots of 
trees ; of dry grass, lined with hair. Eggs 6, rounded, olive-green, with flesh- 
coloured spots. Young like the female, with reddish-brown markings on the 
breast and belly. — Chiefly frequents cultivated ground, and seems less attach- 
ed to water than the other species. It constitutes the subgenus Budytes of 
Cuvier, Regne Animal., i. 371. 
Gen. XXXVI. ANTHUS. Titling.— Mandibles, with 
the margins inflected near the middle ; the upper with a 
ridge at the base. 
76. A, petrorsus. Sea Titling. — Hind-claw the length of 
the toe. Over the eye, and on the ear, a white streak. 
Variety of Titlark, Perin. Brit. Zool- L 258 — Alauda obscura and petro- 
sa, Mont. Lin. Trans, iv. 41. — Anth. aquaticus, Temm. Orn. i. 265. — E, 
Bock Lark — Common on the sea shore. 
Length 7, breadth 11^ inches; weight 7 drams. Bill black, with a yellow- 
ish margin ; the inside of the mouth yellow. Feet dusky, v/ith a tinge of yel- 
low. Irides deep chesnut. Plumage, above, dusky ohve, with pale edges, on 
the head, neck, scapulars, and rump, inclining to cinereous. Beneath, white, 
with a tinge of yellow on the breast, and obscure longitudinal spots on the 
sides. Quills black, edged with pale yellow. Wings, when closed, extend 
to half the length of the tail. Tail, with the two middle feathers, greyish- 
brown, the others black, the lateral ones dirty white for half their length. 
Female less than the male ; more dusky above, having little olive or ash on 
the back. Nest of dried grass or alg£e,\vich a few hairs. Eggs 4 or 5 dirty 
white, v/ith numerous speAs of brov/n, crowded and confluent at the larger 
end. In the the upper parts have a tinge of olivaceous ash colour ; 
