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WHITE WAGTAIL. 

 (Motacilla alba.) 



Mo. pectore nigro, rectricibus duabus lateralibus dimidiato oblique 



albis. 

 Wagtail with a black breast, and the two lateral tail-feathers 



obliquely half white. 

 Motacilla alba. Lin. Syst. Nat. l. 331. 11. Lin. Faun. Suec. 



252. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1. 960. Ray. Syn. 75.Briss. Orn. 



3. 461. 38. Lath. Ind. Orn. 2. 501. 1. Shaw. Nat. Misc. 



pi 20/. 

 La Lavandiere. Buff. Hist. Nat. Ois. 5. 251. pi. 14. f. 1. 



Buff. PL Enl. 652. f. 1. 

 Collared Wagtail. Lath. Gen. Syn. 4. 3Q6. 

 White Wagtail. Pen. Brit. Zool. 1. 142. 55. Pen. Arct. Zool. 



2, 396. B. Will. Aug. 237. Albin. Birds. 1. pi 49. Lath. 



Gen. Syn. 4. 395. l.Lath. Syn. Sup. 178. I. Lath. Syn. 



Sup. II. 230. Lenin. Brit. Birds. 3, pi. QS. Walc. Syn. 2. 



226. Don. Brit. Birds. 1. pi. 5. Mont. Orn. Diet. 2. 



Mont. Sup. Bewick. Brit. Birds. ].. 188. 



LENGTH about seven inches : weight about six 

 drachms : beak black : irides hazel : forehead, 

 cheeks, and sides of the neck, white : the hind 

 part of the head and neck, the chin, fore-part of 

 the neck, and upper parts of the breast, black ; 

 the edges of the two latter are bordered slightly 

 with white, in the form of a gorget: the back and 

 rump are deep cinereous, in some approaching to 

 dusky : the wing-coverts and secondary quills 

 dusky, bordered with light grey : primaries black, 

 with pale edges : the lower part of the breast, and 

 the under parts of the body, white: the tail- 



