WHITE WAGTAIL. 169 
lesser wing coverts are grey; the primaries and secondaries 
tinged with brown. The tail is tinged with brown. 
The young are at first covered with black down; the bill 
reddish brown, its corners yellow; the legs reddish brown; 
afterwards a greyish brown or grey crescent spreads on the 
throat, the back is light brownish grey, the wings brownish 
black, the tail the same. 
Varieties have been met with, either totally or partially 
white. 
