128. L u sc in io p s is l u s c i n i o i d e s .................................................................................................Vol. II. PI. LXXVII.
S avi’s W a b b l e b .
Has many times been killed in England, where, however, it must be considered a rare visitant, and
principally to the eastern counties.
Genus L o c u s t e l la .
About five species of this genus are known ; o f these one or other frequent Central and Southern Europe,
Asia, Siberia, and China.
129. L o cu st e l la a v i c d l a ...........................................................................................................Vol. II. PI. LXXVIII.
G b a s sh o p pe b W a b b l e b .
A yearly summer visitant to England, some parts o f Scotland, and Ireland, in all o f which countries it
breeds, and afterwards stealthily departs southwards in autumn.
Family MOTACILLID/E.
The MotadlMte are among the most graceful of birds, and, from their familiarity, tameness o f disposition,
and the sprightliness of their actions, are great favourites with every one who lives in the country. They
have been judiciously separated into two distinct groups, the Pied and the Yellow Wagtails, the generic term
Motacilla being retained for the former, and th at o f Budytes for the latter. There is also another form, to
which the term Calobates has been applied ; of this only one o r two species have yet been discovered ; o f the
other genera many are known. All, both Pied and Yellow, are strictly confined to the Old World, more
particularly its northern portions.
Genus M o tac il la.
Two species o f this form inhabit Britain—one o f which is resident, the other migratory; in India there
are three or fo u r; and in China and Japan we meet with as many more. Their natural province is the
ground; but they readily perch on the branches o f trees.
130. M otacil la Ya b b e l l i ............................................................................ Vol III PI I
P ie d W a gta il.
A resident species in the three kingdoms, breeds freely in the neighbourhood of dwellings, and is one of
the foster-parents o f the young Cuckoo.
131. M otacil la alba . . . . . . . . . . . . Vol. III. PI. II.
W h it e W a gta il.
A common migrant on the continent of Europe, but only a rare straggler in Britain, in various parts of
which it has been seen and taken.
Genus B u d y t e s .
The Yellow Wagtails, as already stated, frequent the same countries as the Pied, and are equally numerous
in species. Of the three pertaining to the British avifauna, one is a constant spring visitor, the other two
occur but seldom.
132. B u d y t e s R a y i ........................................................................................... Vol. III. PI. III.
Y e l low W a g ta il .
Arrives in April, spreads over our fields and meadows, breeds, and returns to Africa for the winter.
Generally distributed over the three kingdoms.
133. B u d y t e s f l a v a ..............................................................................................................................................................Vol. III. PI. IV.
G bey-h ea d ed W a gta il.
A common bird oh the Continent, but so rare with us that it can only be regarded as an accidental visitor.
134. B u d y t e s cin eb eo ca p il la . . . . . . . . . . Vol. III. PI. V.
G bey- ca p p ed W a gta il.
A bird which passes from Africa, by way o f Malta, through Central Europe to breed on the Dovrefjeld
and other northern parts o f this quarter o f the globe. Has been killed only once or twice in England, and
consequently is only an accidental visitor.
Genus C a lobat e s .
This peculiar form o f Wagtail is more elegant in appearance than the members o f either o f the two
preceding g en e ra ; its legs are shorter, and its tail lo n g er; in colour it closely assimilates to the members
of the genus Budytes. While the Motacilla; are circumscribed in the range of their area, the Calobates
sulpliurea is found a t one season o r another in nearly every portion of the Old World, Australia and New
Zealand excepted.
135. C alobates su l ph u b e a (Summer p l u m a g e ) .................................................................Vol. III. PI. VI.
(Winter p l u m a g e ) .................................................................Vol. III. PI. VII.
G bey W a gta il.
A resident in the three kingdoms. Evinces a preference for mountainous districts. Breeds in May,
constructing, like the others, a cup-shaped nest, and laying four o r five eggs.