134 BIRDS OF SOMERSETSHIRE. 
the outer web of all except the first three; the ter- 
tials purple-brown, tipped with pure white on the 
outer web; four of the secondary quill-feathers, and 
from one to four of the tertials, depending on the 
sex and age of the bird, terminate in a small flat ob- 
long appendage resembling in colour and substance 
red sealing-wax: these appendages are merely ex- 
panded and coloured horny prolongations of the 
shafts of the feathers beyond their webs; upper tail- 
coverts smoke-grey ; tail-feathers smoke-grey at the 
base, black towards the end and tipped with king’s 
yellow, the shafts of the feathers being slightly 
tinged with red where the webs are yellow. Under 
the chin is a patch of velvet-black; at the angle of 
the mouth the feathers are chestnut, passing on the 
cheeks, neck and breast, and all the under parts, into 
pale broccoli-brown, becoming greyish brown on the 
flanks and abdomen; under tail-coverts chestnut- 
brown; axillary plume and under surface of the 
wings ash-grey; all the plumage silky and soft to 
the touch. Legs, toes and claws black.” 
Family MoractLuipz. 
Of the Wagtails four out of the five recognized 
British species may be included amongt the birds of 
Somersetshire. 
Prep Waerain, Motacilla Yarrellii. The Pied 
Wagtail, the first in the list of Motacillide, is very 
