. A history of North American birds [microform] : land birds. Birds; Ornithology; Oiseaux; Ornithologie. MOTACILLIDJi â THE WAGTAILS. 167 Tliey leave their in October, cuUooting iuid moving iu Slllilll tloclvS. Tlioir cLigs iiiensiire .70 of an inch in longtli and .")'.» in tircadtli. The ground-i'dlor is ol' a si* thickly Uecked witli tine ash-colnied and black dots us to give tiie entire egg the ellect ol' a unil'oriu dark ashen hue. (!i;.\is BUDYTBS, Cuvieb. Bi', Ci'vii;!!, K. A. 1S17. (T^l"'' i^Macilla flava, LiXN.) The recent discovery o
. A history of North American birds [microform] : land birds. Birds; Ornithology; Oiseaux; Ornithologie. MOTACILLIDJi â THE WAGTAILS. 167 Tliey leave their in October, cuUooting iuid moving iu Slllilll tloclvS. Tlioir cLigs iiiensiire .70 of an inch in longtli and .")'.» in tircadtli. The ground-i'dlor is ol' a si* thickly Uecked witli tine ash-colnied and black dots us to give tiie entire egg the ellect ol' a unil'oriu dark ashen hue. (!i;.\is BUDYTBS, Cuvieb. Bi', Ci'vii;!!, K. A. 1S17. (T^l"'' i^Macilla flava, LiXN.) The recent discovery of a species of yellow-bellied Wagtail iu Xorton Sound, liy the naturalists of the IJus- sian Telegraj)!! Kxpedition, adds an- other member of an Old World fam- ily to the list of American birds. Much confusion exists as to the pre- cise numlier of species in the genus, some grouping together as varieties what others consider as distinct s])e- cies. There is an unusual degree of variation with age, sex, and , and this, combined with stron<dv marked geogra])hical peculiarities,ren- ders the prn].er .solution of the problem impossible to any but those hav- ing access to large 45012 fluva. Budytes flava, Linn. YELLOW WAGTAIL, Mntmilln thro, |,,nn. SvsI. \ât. I (U-im, 3:5. Fissni & , Vi,-,.] OslafVikas, 208. Jhni, I!,.n. {1S:!S). - - M,âiâ.|!|., ,,. l!,., U, ii (), 1(!8.â Dkcani. & (iKKiiK, Oniitli. I (), :t7(i. - I'.aom), Tnins. Cliirnfro .\i" Sri. I, ii, |,. ;{12, pi. .vxx, li^r. ] ; ],s,i!i. , k ItAXMsiKii, Tr. Cli. Ac. 1, LMiii, 1-27. TiiisiiiAM, |l,is, 1S71, â¢.>:J1. âKrxsrFi, 1872. Sp. Cmau. I)..s,Ti|.ti()ii ,,!⢠sp,...inâ.i, No. 4r,.!)ii>, t:.k,.,i ât St. Mi,nim-IX Norton Sound .Inn.,- (i, IStid, l,y II. .M. liiuuii.^ jnclniiinfj ,>. of ui.]). rwh olivc-^rrecM, the top and . of tho head and ncek
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