Oafs II. GREY WATER-WAGTAIL. 277 



XVIII. The GREY WATER-WAGTAIL. 



La Bergerette. Belon an) <. 351 . Ednu. an). 259. The male. 



Motacilla flava alia. Aldr. av. La Bergeronettejaune, Motacilla 

 ii. 323. flava. BriJJon a<v. iii. 4.71, 



Wil. om. 238. tab. 23. fig. 3. The Male. 



Raii/yn. an), 75. Br, Zool. 105. 



TH E top of the head, upper part of the neck, 

 and the back of this fpecies are afh-colored ; Defer, 

 flightly edged with yellowifh green : the fpace round 

 each eye is afh-colored : beneath and above which is 

 a line of white : in the male, the chin and throat are 

 black : the feathers incumbent on the tail are yellow : 

 the tail is longer, in proportion to its fize, than that 

 of the other kinds : the two exterior feathers are 

 white ; the reft black : the breaft, and whole under 

 fide of the body are yellow : the quil -feathers are 

 dufky j thofe next the back edged with yellow. The 

 colors of the female are ufually more obfeure j 

 and the black fpot on the throat is wanting in 

 that fex. 





