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white, except towards the base of the inner web ; 

 the next has the tips of each web white, and the 

 base of the inner web black ; the rest of the tail 

 is dusky black : the female is destitute of the pec- 

 toral band. In the summer this species appears 

 in pastures, and in the winter it approaches the 

 rivulets in search of insects that frequent the 

 water : its nest is placed near the ground in wil- 

 lows or such like trees: it has two broods in the 

 season. 



GREEN WAGTAIL. 

 (Motacilla viridis.) 



Mo. pattide viridis subtus alba, capite cinereo, alis caudaque cine- 



reis albo marginatis. 

 Pale-green Wagtail, beneath white, with the head grey, and the 



wings arid tail cinereous, edged with white. 

 Motacilla viridis. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1. 962. Lath. Ind. Orn. 2. 



505. 13. 

 Green Wagtail. Brotvn. Illust. Zool. 86. pi. 33. Lath. Gen. 



Syn.4.403. U. 



DESCRIBED by Brown in his Illustrations of 

 Zoology, but the length is not mentioned: its 

 head, wings, and tail, are cinereous ; the two latter 

 edged with white : the neck, back, and breast, 

 pale green : the belly white. Inhabits Ceylon. 



