M0TACILLIN2E. 
Motacilla Linn * 
Bill moderate, straight, and slender, with the culmen slightly curved, and the sides much compressed 
the tip, which is emarginated, the lateral margins nearly straight and indexed, and the gonys long 
an d ascending ; the nostrils lateral, with the opening oval and partly concealed by a membrane. Wings 
lengthened and pointed ; with the first quill almost as long as the second and third, which are equal and 
longest. Tail very long, generally even, but sometimes forked. Tarsi longer than the middle toe, 
lender, and covered in front with slightly divided scales. Toes moderate ; with the lateral toes nearly 
c ' r i'ial, the outer one slightly united at its base ; the hind toe long, and armed with a long more or less 
curved claw. 
Ihe species of this genus are found in most parts of the world. They frequent banks of rivers, moors, and meadows 
a are occasionally overflowed, plains, and open places ; often wading in the shallow streams and pools of water 
^ to die knee, while in pursuit of their food, which consists of small insects, larvae, and worms. They are in continual 
notion, either running with great rapidity, or flying for a trifling distance near the surface of the ground, while 
^ a pturing their food on the wing. They migrate at certain seasons of the year, and their flight is interrupted and per- 
lu icd by jerks. It is in a heap of stones upon the ground that the female forms her nest, though sometimes she 
SL ‘f‘cts holes on the top of a decayed tree. The nest is composed of moss, fibres of roots, and grass, intermixed with 
' Vo °l an d lined with hair. The eggs are usually five or six in number. 
g - h. alba Linn. PI. enl, 652. — Motacilla albeola Pall., Gould, 
' ° f Eu t' pi. 143. ; M. cinerea llodd. PI. enl. 674. f. 1. 
2 - ? M. Yarrellii Gould, B. of Eur. pi. 141. 
va lugubris Temm. Man. d’Orn. i. 253. — Motacilla albeola 
yj' Gould, B. of Eur. pi. 142. ; M. lugens III. Kittl. Kupf. 
u 8’ t. 2\. f. i . . M . leucoptera Vigors , Krusentr. Voy. t. 85. 
luzoniensis Scop. Sonn. Voy. t. 29. — Motacilla leucopsis 
Gould ; 
S ylces. 
5 ■ M. 
6 - M 
M. alboides Ilodgs. ; M. Ilodgsoni Bl . ; M. dukhunensis 
madaraspatensis Gmel. 
capensis Linn. PI. enl. 28. f. 2., Levaill. Ois. d’Afr. t. 178. 
Kittl. Kupf. Vog. t. 21. f. 2. — Motacilla afra Gmel. 
g" fongicauda Riipp. Faun. Abyss. Ois. t. 29. f. 2. 
'd' indica Gmel. — Motacilla variegata Fieill. : M. picata 
^ lk, ■ Levaill. Ois. d'Afr. t. 179. 
C(P >'ulescens Lath. Lamb. Icon. ined. ii. 59. 
10. M. boarula Penn. Brit. Zool. i. 492., Edwards's Birds, pi. 
259-, PI- enl. 28. f. 1. — Motacilla sulphurea Bechst. ; M. melanope 
Pall. ; Type of Calobates Kaup (1829 )■ 
11. M. citreola Pall. It. iii. p. 696. — Motacilla citrinella Pall. 
Gould, B. of Eur. pi. 144.: M. sbeltobriusclika Lepech, Iter. ii. 
t. 8. f. 1. ; M. aureoeapilla Less. ; M. ealcarata Hodgs. 
12. M. campestris Pall. — Motacilla flava Ray, Gould, B. of 
Eur. pi. 145. ; M. flaveola Temm. ; Budytes Bayi Pr. Bonap. 
13. M .flava Linn. PI. enl. 674. f. 2., Edwards’s Birds, pi. 258., 
Gould, B. of Eur. pi. 146. — Motacilla flaveola Pall. ; M. neglecta 
Gould ; M. boarula Linn. ; M. Fekleggii Michael. ; Budytes beema 
Sylces ; M. chrysogastra liechst . ; Type of Budytes Cuv. (1817). 
14. ? M. cinereocapilla Savi. 
1 5. ? M. melanocephala Savi, Riipp. Zool. Atlas, t. 33. f. 6., 
Fauna Pontica, Aves, t. 2. 
16. M. viridis Gmel. Brown’s Illustr. pi. 33. 
Enicurus Temm .f 
rather long, slightly depressed at the base, and straight, with the culmen mostly straight, but 
Udden ly curved at the tip, which is emarginated, the sides much compressed, the lateral margins 
tlai gHt and indexed, and the gonys long and ascending ; the nostrils lateral and placed in a broad groove, 
Lintueus established this genus in 1735. It embraces Budytes of Cuvier (18I7).i an d Calobates of Dr. Kaup (1829). 
M. Temminck established this genus in 182—? 
