Order PASSERIFORMES. 
No. 702. 
Family MOTACILLIDJE. 
BUDYTES FLAVA. 
YELLOW WAGTAIL. 
(Plate 557.) 
[Motacilla FLAVA Liiuie, Syst. Nat., X. ed., p. 185, (Jan. 1st) 1758 : Sweden, Europe. 
Extra-limital.] 
Refer to'* Practical Handbook of British Birds," Vol. I., p. 192, June 18th, 1919, for further information. 
Motacilla flava simillima Hartert, Vogel der Palaark. Fauna, Vol. I., p. 289, June 1905 : 
Kamtschatka, 
Motacilla barnardi North, Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W., Vol. XXX., p. 579, April 12th, 1906 : 
Lawson River, Queensland; Anon., Emu, Vol. V., p. 203, 1906. 
Distribution ; Europe to Australia. 
Advlt female in sum7ner jdutnage. Head and neck light leaden-grey; back, scapulars, 
mantle, rump and upper tail-coverts dark yellowish-olive, washed with yellow on 
the rump and upper tail-coverts ; secondaiies dark olive, margined all round witli 
3 'ellowish-wliite; primaries broivnish-ash, slightly paler on the inner web ; two 
outer pairs of tail-featlxers pure white with the greater part of the outer web 
brownish-ash; remainder of the tail blackish-brown, slightly margined with yellowish- 
olive ; a narrow white e^’ebrow ; sides of the face blackish ; chin and upper throat 
white ; sides of the breast dark olive-green ; remainder of the under-surface, including 
the sides and under tail-coverts, golden yellow ; thighs whitish. Bill blackish, lower 
base light, e^’es brown, feet slate-black. Total length 152 mm. ; culmen 11, wing 
83, tail 70, tarsus 25. Figured. Collected on Sula Island on the 1st of May, 1883, 
and is the tj^e of Motacilla flava similliina Hartert. 
Adult female in winter plumage. Top of the head dull olive; neck olive, slightly washed 
with grej^; back and scapulars greenish-olive ; riunp and upper tail-coverts olive, 
slightly washed with greenish-yellow; scapulars brownish-ash, margined on the 
outer web with yellowish-white ; primaries uniform brownish-ash, slightly margined 
on the inner w^eb with whitish ; two outer pairs of tail-feathers pure white, with the 
basal two-tliirds of the margin of the inner web brownish-ash; remainder of the 
tail brownish-ash; a narrow yellowish-white ej^ebrow ; sides of the face brownish- 
olive ; chin white; remainder of the under-parts j^ellow, brightest on the throat; 
middle of the belly and under tail-coverts blackish; eyes dark dull coffee, feet 
black, bill black with lower base dark grey. Culmen 11 mm., wing 82. Figured. 
Collected on Tomia Island on the 20th of December, 1901, 
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