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Show 284 AVES. TROGLODYTES, Cuv. The only difference between the Wrens and the present subgenus is, that in the latter the beak is still a little more slender and slightly arcuatcd. But one species is found in Europe. Mot. troglodytes, L.; Roitelet, Enl. 651, 2; ~aum. 83.' 4. (The European Wren.) Brown, transversely stna~ed with black; some white on the throat and the edge of the wmg; a turned-up and short tail. It builds on the ground, and cheers us with its pleasing song even in the middle of winter.( 1) MoTACILLA, Bechst. The Wagtails, to a still slenderer beak than that of the Fau· vettes, add a long tail which they are continually raising and de· pressing, long legs, and scapular f~athet:s sufficiently exte~ded .to cover the tip of the folded wing, wh1ch g1ves them an affimty w•th the greater number of Waders. MoTAOILLA, Cuv. The true Wagtails still have the nail of the thumb curved like the rest of the group. They live along the shores of water courses. That of France (Mot. alba and cinerea, L.), Enl. 652, is ash coloured above, white beneath; a calotte on the occiput; throat and breast, black. The south of Europe produces one which when old has a black back, but resembling the preceding when young. It is the Mot. lugubris, Raux, 194. BuDYTEs, Cuv.(2) In addition to the other characters of the true Wagtails, the nail of the thumb is ~ere elongated and but slightly arcuated, which approximates these birds to the Larks. They generally remain in 1;-S. speciosa, lb. 2;-S. palpebrosa, lb., &c. &c. Those whose beak is somewhat broad nt base, are closely allied to the narrow-beaked Flycatchers. For the catll· Iogue of species in the United States, see the paper by M. Ch. Bonaparte. Ann. New York Lye. July 11, 1826, p. 76, et seq. See .!lpp. XVIII of ./lm. Ed. (1) The Wrens foreign to Europe are allied to the Ant-catchers on the one hand, and to the Creepers on the other. Add the Thriotore a long bee ( Thr. /ongirostris, Vieill. Gal. 168, or KampylorhynchuB scolopaceua, Spix, 79). [Add Trog. aedon. Wils. I, pl. iii, f. 3;-TI-og. palustris t Thyotlwrull arundinaetfJI, V~ill. ), Wils. If, pl. xii, f. 4;-Trog. ludovicianus (SlJlvia ludoviciana, Lath.) Wils. ll, pl. xii, f. v. .11m. Ed.] (2) l;Jud'!jtes, from its being seen among cattle. P ASSERINJE. 285 pastures, and pursue insects among the cattle. The most common is, Mot. jlava; Bergeronnette de print ems; Enl., 67 4, 2. Ashcoloured a~ove, olive on the back, yellow beneath; the eyebrow and two-tlurds of the late1·al quills of the tail, white.( I) ANTHus, Bechst. The Meadow La.r ks wer.e long united to the Larks (Alaud a' 1, on ac-count of the l~ng na1l ofthe1r thumb; but their slender and emarginated be~kapproxtmates.them to the other Warblers, at the same time that thetr secondary qutlls and coverts, which are as short as usual, will not allow t~1em to be confounded with Budytes. Those which still have the nall somewhat arcuated are in the habit of' perching. .11. arboreus, Bechst.; .!llauda trivialis and minor Gm • the Pipi; Enl. 660, 1;(2) Naum. 84, 2, Raux. Olive-br~wn ~~ove reddish-grey beneath; breast spotted with black; two pale, trans: verse bands on the wing. The thum~ nail of others is exactly that of an alauda, and they generally remam on the ground. Jl. pratensis, Bech.; .!llauda pratensis, Gm.; .!llouette de pre, Enl. 661, 2;(3) N aum. 84, 3 and 85, 1. Olive-brown above, w11itish beneath; brown spots on the breast and flanks; whitish eye~ rows; ~dges of the external quills of the tail, white. It prefers ow or mundated meadows, and builds among reeds and tufts of grass. I~ becomes excessively fat in autumn by feeding on • grapes, and 1s sought for at that period in France by the name of Bec-.figue and Vinette.( 4) . We will terminate this family of the Dentirostres with some h1rd s dI' stm· gU·is he d from all preceding ones by their two exter-nal toes, which are united at base for about a third of their length, a circumstance which approximates them to the family of the Syndactyli. ~) ~dd the .Mot. boarula, L. Edw., 259, and Vieill. Gal. 162. Jl nder the false name of Farlouse,· the Pivote ortolane, Buff. Enl. 642, 2 (Mo. ( 3 ) ~aculata, Gm. ), is the young bird. See Roux, 288. aquati mproperly called .!llouette pipi.- Nauman refers this figure to his .!lnthus sy cua, of which he thinks it is the young male. We may observe that the n(onymes of th · b 4) A 15 su genus are not less obscure than those of the Fauvettes. ptllri,) dd the .!lnthus aquatir:us, Naum., 85, 2, 34;-La Rousseline, (.!lnth. Gama call:dEnl: 6~1, l; Naum., 84, 1; or .!llauda mosellana, Lath. of which the young 292 . th F'tst In Provence, En.l. 654, 1 (Motac. massiliensis, Gm.) See Roux, p. fo ... ~- e ./J.nth. Richardi, Vieill. Id. 101, and Uoux, 189, 190. Amon"" those ·~lg'll to E o probabl th urope place the .!llauiia capensis, Enl. 504, 2;-./ll. rufa, lb. 238, 1; Y e rubra, Edw., 297;-.!lnthua rufulw, Vieill. Gal. 161. |