Class II. WHITE WAGTAIL. 



i6i 



Slender BILL, with a fmall tooth near 



of the upper mandible. 

 Lacerated TONGUE. 



the end xxili. 



WAGTAIL. 



Long TAIL. 



Belon av. 349. 



Motacilla alba. Ge/?ter a^v, 



618. 

 AUr. a-v. II. 323. 

 Ballarina, Cutrettola. Olinay 



IViL cm. 237. 



Raiijyn. a^v. 75. 



La Lavandiere. BriJ/hn a^v, 



m. 461. 



Monachina. Zinan. 51. 



Plifka, Paftaritra. Zcopoli, 



No. 224. 

 M. alba. Lin. fyji, 331. 

 Aria, Sadefarla. Faun, Suec. 



fp- 252. 

 Z>^«zV Vip-Stiert, Havre-Saeer. 



Nor-vegis Erie, Lin-Erie. 



Bninnich, 27 1 . 

 Weifs und fchwartze Bach- 



fteltze. Frifch, I. 23. 

 Graue Bachftelze. Kram. 374. 

 Br. Zool, 104. 



142. White 

 Wagtail. 



rr^HIS bird frequents the fides of ponds, and 

 -*• fmall ftreamsj and feeds on infeds and 



worms, as do all the reft of this genus. Mr. JVil- 

 lughhy juftly obferves, that this fpecies fhifts its 

 quarters in the winter j moving from the north to 

 the fouth of England^ during that feafon. In 

 fpring and autumn it is a conftant attendant of the 

 plough, for the fake of the worms thrown up by 

 that inftrument. 



The head, back, and upper and lower fide of 

 the neck as far as the breaft are black : in fome 

 the chin is white, and the throat marked v/ith a 



Vol. I. B b black 



