PRELIMINARY CATALOGUE 
OF THE 
BRITISH BIRD COLLECTIONS 
IN THE POSSESSION OF THE 
YORKSHIRE PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY, 
BY THE 
Hon. Curator, JAMES BACKHOUSE, 
F.L.S., M.B.O.U., F.Z.S., &c. 
dpjlir,t ii. 
Order, PASSERES. Sub-Order, OSCINES. 
Section, Oscines Dentirostres. 
Family, Motacillidae. Genus Motacilla. 
Specimens mounted or Skins. 
Skeletons. 
Eggs. 
Family MOTACILLIDAE. 
Genus Motacilla. 
Motacilla flava, Linn. 
Blue-headed Wagtail. 
2. Adult males, May, Malta, Bree Coll. 
1. ,, female ,, ,, ,, 
1. ,, male, Eta wall, India, March, 
Bree Coll. 
... 
2 clutches of 5 eggs each 
from Lapland 
Motacilla raii, Bp. Yellow Wagtail. 
Skin of male, April, Lancing (Swaysland) 
Genus Anthus. 
2 clutches, 1 of G and another 
of 4 eggs, Thuringia 
Anthus pratensis (Linn). 
Meadow Pipit. 
Adults, shot locally. 
Skin of male, Romney Marsh, Bree Coll. 
4 local clutches 
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