. A history of British birds . t notin such a way as to allow the former to be adopted. In1835, an anonymous writer cited it (Analyst, iii. p. 31) asB. verna, Cuv. ; but Cuvier is not known to have bestowedany such name upon it, and if he had we may be sure thathe did not discriminate between it and the true Motacillajiava, of which therefore B. verna would be a synonym,while an author who does not give his own name is notjustified in giving one to what he deems a species. In 1840,Temminck described it (Man. dOrn. iii. p. 183) as , Gould, an assumption just as gross; for Mr. Gouldnev
. A history of British birds . t notin such a way as to allow the former to be adopted. In1835, an anonymous writer cited it (Analyst, iii. p. 31) asB. verna, Cuv. ; but Cuvier is not known to have bestowedany such name upon it, and if he had we may be sure thathe did not discriminate between it and the true Motacillajiava, of which therefore B. verna would be a synonym,while an author who does not give his own name is notjustified in giving one to what he deems a species. In 1840,Temminck described it (Man. dOrn. iii. p. 183) as , Gould, an assumption just as gross; for Mr. Gouldnever so called it, while Pallas years before (Zoogr. i. p. 501) had a ]\I. flaveola which is certainly not thepresent bird, any more than is his M. campestris—thoughthis last has been supposed by some to be our Yellow Wag-tail. It accordingly follows that Bonapartes Motacilla orBudytes rail—that being the ancient way of spelling thislast word, is the name which should be used. TREE-PIPIT. PASSERES. Anthus trivialis (Linnaeus*).THE TREE-PIPIT. Antkns arhoreus\. Anthus, Bechslcin J.—Bill slender, subulate, nearly straight, very slightlynotched at the tip; the mandibles nearly equal in length and their edges slightlycompressed inwards. Nostrils basal, lateral, oval and jiartly concealed by amembrane. Wings moderate, the first primary acuminate and nearly abortive,the second, third and fourth nearly equal, and one of them the longest; fifth insome species almost as long; secondaries short, the tertials very long, the longestabout equal to the fifth primary or occasionally longer than any. Tail of twelvefeathers, moderate and slightly forked. Tarsus scutellated in front, about aslong as the middle toe, which is joined to the outer toe at its base; toes ratherlong; claws moderate, except that of the hind toe which in some species is verymuch elongated. * Alauda trivialis, Linnreus, Syst. Nat. Ed. 12, i. p. 288 (1766).t Bechstein, Gemeinniitzige Naturge
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