﻿WAGTAIL. 395 



Motacilla alba, Lin. Syjl. 1. p. 331. N° 11. — Faun. Suee. 252. — Scop. ann. 1. 1. 



N" 224.— Brun. N° 271.— Muller, N" 272.— Kram. el. p. 373. N" 1. +* WHITE W. 



— Frifcb. t. 23. f. 4. — Olina, pi. in p. 43. — Georgi Reife, p. 174. 

 La Lavandiere, ./?«/. or*, iii. 461. N° 38. — Buf. oif. v. p. 251. pi. 14. f. 1. — 



Pi. enl. 652. f. 1. — Variety, f. 2. 

 White Water-Wagtail, Raii Syn. 75. A. 1. — Will. orn. p. 237. — Albin, i. 



pi. 49.— Br. Zool. i. N° 142. pi. 55. — Ar8. Zool. 

 Br. Muf. Lev. Muf. 



npHE length of this fpecies is feven inches, of which the Descriptiow. 



tail is one half. The bill is black : irides hazel : the hind 

 part of the head, and nape of the neck, are black : the forehead, 

 round the eyes, and fides of the neck, are white : the chin, fore 

 part of the neck, and breaft, black : the upper parts of the 

 body, wing coverts, and rump, are cinereous : greater wing 

 coverts, and fecondary quills, dufky, edged with grey : greater 

 quills blackifh ; the fecondaries and prime quills nearly of a 

 length : the lower parts of the breaft and belly are white : the 

 eight middle tail feathers are black, edged with grey ; the others 

 are white, except at the bafe, and tips of the inner webs, which 

 are dufky : the legs are black. 



In the female the top of the head inclines to brown. Female. 



Some birds have only a crefcent of black on the breaft, the 

 chin and throat being quite white. 



Thefe birds frequent watery places for the moft part, feeding Place an» 

 on flies and other infefts. Make their neft on the sround, com- Manners. 

 pofed of dry grafs, fine fibres of roots, and mofs, lined within 

 with hair or feathers. The eggs are five in number, white, 

 fpotted with brown ; and for the moft part have only one brood 

 in a year. It is often feen running on the ground, which it does 



3 E 2 very 



