MOTACILLA ROSSICA. 
Character Genericus. 
Rostrum subulatum, rectum ; mandibulis sub- 
Ecqualibus. 
Nares obovatee. 
Lingua lacero-emarginata. 
Lin. Syst. Nat, p. 328. 
■Character Specificus, &c. 
"MOTAGILLA grisea, capite nigro, collo utrin- 
que albo, pectore abdomineque croceis. 
MOTACILLA rubicola. var. (3. 
Lin. Syst. Nat. Gmel. 
MOTACILLA superne nigricans, torque albo 
interrupto, pectore atque abdomine supe- 
riore croceis. 
Lepechin Act. Petrop. 15. t. 25. f. 3. 
In Hussite et Sibiri® betuletis atque locis paludo- 
sis prajcipue conspicitur Motacilla Ilossica, a Domi¬ 
no Lepechin in Actis Pctropolitanis ita descripta. 
“ Rostrum tenue nigrum, mandibula superior 
paulo longior apice incurva uti in congeneribus ; 
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