. Reptiles and birds. A popular account of the various orders; with a description of the habits and economy of the most interesting. . Fig. 232 —The Stone-chat. with the White Wagtail [Motacilla alba). In form and proportion thetwo species closely resemble each other^ the Pied Wagtail being thesmaller. Mr. Gould states, in the Magazine of Natural History,that while preparing his work on the birds of Europe he was surprisedto find that the sprightly Pied Wagtail, so common in our island at allseasons, could not be referred to any described species, and that itshabitat was limited to the British
. Reptiles and birds. A popular account of the various orders; with a description of the habits and economy of the most interesting. . Fig. 232 —The Stone-chat. with the White Wagtail [Motacilla alba). In form and proportion thetwo species closely resemble each other^ the Pied Wagtail being thesmaller. Mr. Gould states, in the Magazine of Natural History,that while preparing his work on the birds of Europe he was surprisedto find that the sprightly Pied Wagtail, so common in our island at allseasons, could not be referred to any described species, and that itshabitat was limited to the British Islands, Norway, and true Motacilla alba of Linnaeus, on the other hand, is abundantin France, particularly in the neighbourhood of Calais, but hasnever been discovered on the opposite Kentish coast. The Quaketails {Motacilla flava^ f^ig. 234) form the transition QUAKETAILS. 521. Fig. 233 —The Pied Wagtail.
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