. A history of British birds . 558 PASSE RES. MOTAClLLIDvT,. MOTAC/LLIDJi. _:^r\r^. MOTACILLA FLAVA, LinnsBus*. THE BLUE-HEADED WAGTAIL. Motacllla Jiava. Since Mr. Grould, in July, 183*2, pointed out the distinc-tion between the common Yellow Wagtail of this country andthat which inhabits the nearest parts of the continent, thelatter has been not unfrequently observed in the UnitedKingdom ; it is therefore fully entitled to consideration inany work on British Ornithology. Mr. Gould then veryclearly shewed (Proc. Zool. Soc. 1832, p. 129), what hadnever been even suspected before, that the Motac
. A history of British birds . 558 PASSE RES. MOTAClLLIDvT,. MOTAC/LLIDJi. _:^r\r^. MOTACILLA FLAVA, LinnsBus*. THE BLUE-HEADED WAGTAIL. Motacllla Jiava. Since Mr. Grould, in July, 183*2, pointed out the distinc-tion between the common Yellow Wagtail of this country andthat which inhabits the nearest parts of the continent, thelatter has been not unfrequently observed in the UnitedKingdom ; it is therefore fully entitled to consideration inany work on British Ornithology. Mr. Gould then veryclearly shewed (Proc. Zool. Soc. 1832, p. 129), what hadnever been even suspected before, that the MotaciUa Jiavaof all prior British writers was not only distinguishable fromthe bird so called on the continent, but that our YellowWagtail was almost as rare, and as little known abroad, aswas the foreign Yellow Wagtail I here. Later experiencehas but little, if at all, affected the position taken up by , for, though the Blue-headed Wagtail (to use the first * Syst. Nat. Ed. 12, i. p. 331 (1766). t When this bird was first recognized by Mr. Gould, be called it J/, nef/lecta,
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