Oafs II. WHITE WATER-WAGTAIL. 27; 



XVI. The WHITE WATER WAGTAIL. 



Belon a<v. 349. M. alba. Lin . fyfl '. 331 . 



Motacilla alba. Gefner cm. 618. Aria, Sadelarla. Faun. Suec. fp, 



Aldr a<v. ii. 323. 252. 



Ballarina, Cutrettola. Olina 43. Danis Vip-Sriert, Havre- Sjeer. 



Wil. orn. 237. Norvegis Erie, Lin-Erie. Brun- 



Raii Jyn. av 75. nich. 271. 



La Lavandiere. Briffon a<v. iii. Grane Bachftelze. Kram> 374. 



461. Br. Zoo I. 104. 

 Monachina. Zinan. 5 1 . 



r "|"^HIS bird frequents the fides of ponds, and 

 JL fmall ftreams ; and feeds on infects and worms, 

 as do all the reft of this genus. Mr. Willoughby juftly 

 obferves, that this fpecies fhifts its quarters in the 

 "winter ; moving from the north to the fouth of 

 England, during that feafon. In fpring and autumn, 

 it is a conftant attendant of the plough, for the fake 

 of the worms thrown up by that inflrument. The Defer, 

 head, back, and upper and lower fide of the neck as 

 far as the bread, are black : in fome the chin is white, 

 and the throat marked with a black crefcent : the 

 bread and belly are white : the quil-feathers are 

 ^ufky : the coverts black tipt and edged with white. 

 The tail is very long, and always in motion. The 

 exterior feather on each fide is white : the lower part 

 of the innner web excepted, which is dusky •, the 

 pthers black: the bill, infide of the mouth, and the 

 |egs, are black. The back claw very long. 



XVII. The 



