. A history of the birds of Europe, not observed in the British Isles . ers deep black;back olive green, but not so dark as in the precedingvariety; a beautiful yellow, or, as Dcgland has wellexpressed it, dhm heau jaune jonquille, below; the cropand part of the flanks more or less shaded with olivegreen. Wing coverts olive green, bordered with grey;primaries and secondaries hair brown, the latter broadlybordered with grey, outer tail feathers white, the innerweb black at basal half; beak, feet, and iris, brown. In the young, according to Degland, the upper partsare olive grey, with the nape a
. A history of the birds of Europe, not observed in the British Isles . ers deep black;back olive green, but not so dark as in the precedingvariety; a beautiful yellow, or, as Dcgland has wellexpressed it, dhm heau jaune jonquille, below; the cropand part of the flanks more or less shaded with olivegreen. Wing coverts olive green, bordered with grey;primaries and secondaries hair brown, the latter broadlybordered with grey, outer tail feathers white, the innerweb black at basal half; beak, feet, and iris, brown. In the young, according to Degland, the upper partsare olive grey, with the nape ashy and the headblackish, darker in front, and above the eyes and ears;yellowish below, with the throat whitish. M. feldeggii is a transitional variety between thisand the last noticed. My figures of the bird and its eo^^ are taken fromspecimens kindly sent me by the Rev. H. B. Tristram. It is also figured by Bonaparte, in Fauna Italica,pi. 31, fig. 2; Gould, B. of E.; Hiippell, Atlas HeiseAfric, pi. 33; Dubois, Oiseaux de la Belgique, pt. 48,pi. 94, male and 151 INSECTIVOR^. Family MOTACILLID^. Genus Motacilla. (Latham.) SOMBRE WAGTAIL. Motacilla luguhris. Mutarilla luguhris, Pallas ; Fauna Eossica. Siebald; Fauna Japan., Tab. ; Taf. 21, f. i. Bonapaetk; Compar. list, 1838. Gould; B. of E., pi. ; Orn. Man., 1836,(but not of 1820.) leucoptera. Vigors. lugens, Illiger. Bonaparte; Conspectus, p. 250, 1850. alha, var. lugens, Middendoeff; Theil. ii., p. 13achstelze, Meter ; Orn. Tasck. Specific Characters.—Head, nape, beak, scapularies, tertials,upper tail coverts, and upper tail feathers sooty black in winterplumage. Eump asli grey; basal half of primaries, except first,and the secondaries pure white at all seasons. Length of male sent me by Mr. Tristram, seven inches and twofifths; of female six inches and seven tenths. From carpal jointto tip three inches and a half; tail three inches and three fifths;beak from gape seven tenths
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