﻿398 WAGTAIL. 



fummer, in fome numbers, in the paftures among cattle ; retiring 

 to the ftreams when the flies in the firft become fcarce. Part of 

 thefe only are fuppofed to migrate. 



It differs fomewhat from ours in making the neft, which it 

 does on fome low willow near the ground, and hatches twice in 

 the year. 



Motacilla boarula, Liu. Mant. 1771. p. 527. — Scop. ann. i. N° 225. 

 *" GREV W. ^ a Eergeronette jaune, Brif. orn. iii. p. 471. N° 41. pi. Z3. f. 3. (the male). 



— Buf. oif. v. 26S.—PI. enl. 28. f. 1. 

 Motacilla flava altera, Raii Syu. 75. 3. 

 Yellow Wagtail, Albin. ii. pi. 58. (female.) 



Grey Wagtail, Will. orn. p. 23S.— JEVtv. pi. 259. (the male.) — Br. Zoo!, i. 

 N° xe^.—ArS. Zool. 



Br. Muf. Lev. Muf. . 



Description. T ENGTH {even inches and a half. Bill brown: the up- 

 per parts are greenifh afh-colour : over the eye a pale 

 ftreak : fides of the head afh-colour : chin and throat black : 

 upper tail coverts, and whole of the under parts of the body, 

 yellow : under tail coverts deep yellow : wing coverts brown, 

 edged with afh-colour: quills brown ; fecondaries white at the bafe 

 and brown at the ends, and almoft as long as the greater quills : 

 tail longeft of all the fpecies ; the outer feather white ; the next 

 has the infide and tip white, the outfide blackifh ; third nearly 

 the fame, but has the inner edge black -, the others black, with 

 greenifh edges : legs yellowifh brown. 

 Female. The female has no black on the throat. 



Place and This is a conftant inhabitant of thefe kingdoms, frequenting 



watery places, and fmall ftreams, for the fake of infects, on 

 which it feeds. The neft is on the ground, not far from the 



water, 



