. A history of British birds . ck-and-white Wagtails in the genus , in the opinion of some systematists, did not sufficientlyprovide for the present species, which is in some respectsintermediate between the two groups, and accordingly Kaup,in 1829, proposed generic distinction for it under the nameof Calobates—a step which has been followed by manyauthors. British writers have commonly applied the specificname of hoarida to the Grey Wagtail, but they have done soerroneously. The M. hoarula of Scopoli, who first of bino-mial nomenclaturists used that name, is undoubtedly theM. fl
. A history of British birds . ck-and-white Wagtails in the genus , in the opinion of some systematists, did not sufficientlyprovide for the present species, which is in some respectsintermediate between the two groups, and accordingly Kaup,in 1829, proposed generic distinction for it under the nameof Calobates—a step which has been followed by manyauthors. British writers have commonly applied the specificname of hoarida to the Grey Wagtail, but they have done soerroneously. The M. hoarula of Scopoli, who first of bino-mial nomenclaturists used that name, is undoubtedly theM. flava of Linnaeus, and hence it is necessary to adopt forthe Grey Wagtail Bechsteins name of M. suljjhurea. TheM. flava of Scopoli is the present bird, and the M. hoarulaof Linnaeus is also the young of his M. flava. The vignette represents on the left the foot and breast-bone of the Pied Wagtail, and on the right the foot of ourcommon Yellow Wagtail, belonging to the section of thegenus which possesses an elongated hind 558 PASSE RES. MOTAClLLIDvT,. MOTAC/LLIDJi. _:^r\r^
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