BIRDS. PASSERES. 86. Motacilla. ^85. 
tune that the hen is hatching ; breeds 3 — 4 times 3 year, and 
lays 4 — 3 greenifli-brown eggs ; feeds on the larvae of 
inlefts. 
^ill brown ; head and back pale moufe-colour with olive 
Ipots tail ved-mbilfe-colour ; legt and qaill-Jedtfurs brown- 
aih,' the latter chelnut on the outer edge, 
Above grecnifli -brown, beneath tawny 5 ocular line and 
one beneath black. Hang-nejl JV. 
Inhabits Jamaica ; lize of 3 robin ; builds a hanging neft. 
^ill blackilh j lateral tail and quill-feathers within rufous ; 
temples orange ; wing-cbverts edged with yellowifli ; legs 
blackifh. 
; th'cat and flanks ferruginous ; face, chin, middle 
of rhe belly and outrhoft tail-feathers white. 
Iffiie-chlntied JV. 
Inhabits Bouaria : 5^- inches long, 
Jtill blackilh ; hind-claw large. 
Brown, beneath dirty-yellowifh- white ; belly yellowifli ; 
rump olive ; 2 outmoll tail-feathers with a white band 
near the tip. Palm JV. 
Inhabits St. Domingo j 5 inches loVig ; feeds on feeds and fruits ; 
has a fine note, and builds imong palm tfees. 
Black-grey, beneath yellowifli ; armpits yellow ; vent va- 
ried with yellow and grey ; chin cinereous ; tip of thfc 
tail-feathers, I'pot on the wings and eyebrows white ; 
lores black. Banana Jf'^. 
Inhabits St. Domingo ; 3! inches long ; feeds 6n feeds, inlefts 
3 iid fruits, particularly bananas. 
Olive ; heady throat and breaft tawiiy ; ocular band and 
arch over the eyes black ; over the eyes a yellowifli 
line ; vent cinereous. JVorm-eating JV. 
Inhabits Penfyloania ; fife of the hedge-fparrow. 
Bill black, beneath llelh-colour; kgs tlefh-colour. 
Olive-brown ; head rufous ; chin white ; breaft reddifli ; 
belly brown-rufous. Madageif‘ttir fV. 
Inhabits Madagafcar ; 6 f inches long. 
Bill and kgs brown. 
Vol. I. — 4 F 
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