92 
MOTA 
olive green ; tail as the quills, but the two outer feathers 
are yellowilh within ; legs grey. Native of Martinico. Is 
faid to be continually in motion, and to have a melo¬ 
dious fong. 
103. Motacilla chryfoptera, the golden-winged warbler: 
length 4-jl inches: bill black; crown of the head yellow, 
fides of it white; through the eyes a black ftreak; upper 
parts of the body deep alh-colour; throat and forepart 
of the neck black; under parts white; on the wing-co¬ 
verts a beautiful fpot of yellow; the outer tail-feather has 
a white fpot on the inner web; legs black. Found in 
Pennfylvania in April, going northward to breed; and 
returns back fouthward in autumn. 
104. Motacilla chryfocephala, the orange-headed war¬ 
bler: bill black: top and fides of the head, fore part and 
fides of the neck, fine orange; over the eye a broad band ; 
beneath the eye a fecond, but paler; upper parts of the 
body and quills reddilh brown ; wing-coverts black and 
white; bread and belly pale yellow; tail black, edged 
with pale yellow; legs yellow. From Guiana. 
105. Motacilla cridata, the creded warbler: length four 
inches: bill dulky brown ; upper parts of the body 
brownilh green; the under greenilh grey; the feathers 
on the whole top of the head form a cred, of a blackilh 
brown, edged with white, which the bird can eredd at 
pleafure; legs yellowidi brown. Inhabits Guiana through¬ 
out the year. 
106. Motacilla multicolor, the many-coloured warbler: 
length five inches: bill brown; the head, throat, and 
upper parts of the body and wings, are black, except the 
tips of the larger coverts, which are deep rufous, and 
form a band on the wing; fides of the neck and bread 
bright rufous; middle of the bread, belly, and vent, 
white; tail rufous, with the end black; legs brown. 
Found at Cayenne, but is very rare. 
107. Motacilla aequinodialis, the equinodftial warbler: 
lefs than the preceding: bill black; upper parts of the 
plumage greenilh brown; the under parts yellowilh white; 
throat and bread pale yellow; quills and tail dulky brown; 
legs brown. Inhabits Cayenne, where it is met with at 
all feafons of the year. 
108. Motacilla protonotarius, the prothonotary war¬ 
bler: fize of the preceding: head, neck, bread, and belly, 
line jonquil yellow; back the fame, with a cad of olive ; 
rump alh-colour; vent white ; quills and tail blackilh and 
alh-coloured; legs black. Inhabits Louifiana, where it 
has obtained the name of figuier protonotairc. 
109. Motacilla femi-torquata, the half-collared war¬ 
bler : length four inches and a half: bill blackilh above, 
and whitilh beneath ; top of the head yellowjlh olive; 
behind the eyes a cinereous dripe; wing-coverts brown, 
bordered with yellow; quills brown, bordered with olive, 
and tipped with white; under parts of the body pale alh- 
colour inclining to yellow on the belly, with a yellowilh 
bar, or half-collar, on the lower part of the neck; tail- 
feathers afii-coloured; the two middle ones plain; the 
four others, on each fide, white within; legs blackilh. 
Native of Louifiana. 
no. Motacilla fulva, the fulvous warbler: bill brown, 
paled beneath: head and upper parts fulvous brown; 
under, as far as the bread, yellow; the lad inclining to 
brown; the red of the under parts fulvous, inclining to 
yellow at the vent; under wing-coverts fulvous, mixed 
with brown; quills and tail brown, edged with olive ; legs 
yellowidi brown. This likewife inhabits Louifiana. 
111. Motacilla fufca, the olive-brown warbler: bill 
light brown.: upper parts of the plumage olive brown; 
throat, fore part of the neck, and fides, whitilh, varied 
with grey; belly yellowilh white; under tail-coverts yel¬ 
low ; wings brown; the coverts and fecondaries bordered 
with paler brown, the tips whitilh; tail brown, bordered 
with grey; the two middle feathers tinged with yellow; 
the two outer ones fpotted with white within, near the 
tip; and the outer one of all bordered with white; legs 
brown. Native alfo of Louifiana. 
C I L L A. 
112. Motacilla pinguis, the fat warbler: bill black: 
upper parts of the body greyilh olive; on the head a fpot 
of yellow ; on the body I'ome dallies of black; rump yel¬ 
low; throat, and fore part of the neck, pale rufous, with 
a mixture of alh-colour; reft of the under parts whitilh; 
quills brown, edged with grey without, and whitilh with¬ 
in; fecondaries blackilh, edged and tipped, with grey; tail 
black, edged with grey; the four outer feathers have a 
white fpot on the inner webs, near the tip; legs black. 
Found in Louifiana. 
113. Motacilla cana, the grey-throated warbler: bill 
black: throat grey; general colour of the plumage cine¬ 
reous, but the head and upper parts much deeper than 
the reft; the quills have whitilh edges; tail black, with 
the outer feathers almoft wholly white; the next the fame 
on the end-half; the third only tipped with white. Both 
thefe laft birds are called grajjet in Louifiana, on account, 
of their being extremely fat. They frequent the tulip- 
trees and magnolias, particularly the latter. 
114. Motacilla coronata, the golden-crowned warbler: 
fize of the pettichaps: bill dulky; plumage above cine¬ 
reous blue, fpotted with black; crown of the head golden 
yellow; through the eyes a black band; fore part of the 
neck and upper part of the breaft black, mixed with 
cinereous blue; fides of the breaft yellow, fpotted with 
black; the reft of the under parts white; but the fides 
have a few black fpots ; wing-coverts and quills blackilh, 
with two white bands ; tail the fame, with the three outer 
feathers marked with a fpot of white: legs blackilh. The 
female is rufous brown above: wants the black mark 
through the eyes; and has no black fpots on the breaft. 
Inhabits Pennfylvania, and migrates fsuth in autumn. 
115. Motacilla Senegalenfis, the Senegal warbler: length 
five inches and a quarter: bill brown ; general colour of 
the plumage the fame ; quills rufous, edged with brown ; 
tail black*; all but the two middle feathers tipped with 
white. Native of Senegal. 
116. Motacilla leucomela, the black-and-white warbler: 
length five inches and a half: bill dulky; irides the fame; 
forehead, crown, nape, lower part of the breaft, belly, 
rump, and greateft part of the tail, white; the other 
parts black; two middle tail-feathers black; the others 
white, with a broad band of black at the end; claws black. 
The female has the upper parts cinereous brown; head 
and neck paleft; beneath inclining to afli-colour; throat, 
and fore part of the neck, cinereous grey; above the eye 
a white ftreak; tail as in the male. This fpecies inhabits 
the craggy cavernous places about Saratow, and other 
parts of the Volga; where, like the laud-martin, it makes 
holes in the banks wherein to place its neft; thefe holes 
are horizontal, deep, and the neft compofed of dry ftalks. 
The young are ufually ten in number. It is a bold bird: 
comes near the villages, and fits on the ftumps of trees, 
twittering almoft like a fwallow; it feeds on worms and 
beetles, as the remains of the laft have been found in the 
ftomach on difte&ion. 
117. Motacilla erythrogafter, the chefnut-bellied war¬ 
bler: length feven inches : bill black; eyes brown; crown 
and nape dirty white; round the bill, throat, cheeks, 
temples, neck, and between the wings, deep black; breaft, 
belly, and vent, deep chefnut; rump and tail the fame; the 
middle of the quills, from the third to the tenth, is white, 
forming a fpot acrofs them; feathers round the knee, or 
garter, black; legs and claws black. The female has a 
paler rump and tail than the male: the tips of the outer 
feathers, and the whole of the two middle ones, are 
brown; the reft of the bird cinereous, deepeft above, with 
a mixture of rufous on the belly. This inhabits the gra¬ 
velly hollows of the Caucafian torrents the whole fum- 
mer; is migratory, going more fouth in winter, in fearch 
of food; runs on the banks of rivers ; is reftlefs, but not 
fearful; often moving the tail; and fits at times on the 
low Ihrubs. It makes its neft between the branches of the 
fea-buckthorn, of the berries of which it is very fond. 
118. Motacilla maura, the moor warbler: fize of the 
1 whinchat. 
