(54) 

 The yellow Water 'Wagtail, Motacilla flava. 



Numb. LVIII. 



THESE Birds are of the bignefs of the common black 

 and -whitt Water-Wagtail; its Bill is black, ftreight, 

 llender and iharp pointed ; its Eyes grey, both upper and 

 under Eye-lids white, moreover above the Eye is a white 

 Line extended ; the Top of the Head and upper Part of 

 the Body is alh-coloured ; the Rump of a dusky yellow; 

 the Head (which in Proportion to the Body) is fmall 

 and comprefled ; the wing Feathers black, their exteriour 

 Edges white, croffed in the middle of the Wings with a 

 JLine of white; the Chin and Throat white with a faint 

 yellow Caft ; the Breaft and Belly yellow. 



The Tail is made up of twelve Feathers very long, the 

 outmoft on each Side is all white ; the two next white on 

 the infide and blackifh on the out, the lix middlemoft all 

 over blackifli. 



The Legs (which are long) and the Feet (which are 

 rough) were of a redifh Colour ; the Claws black ; the 

 Hen was of the fame Colour of the Cock, the white on 

 the Throat and deep yellow on the Rump excepted. 

 Their Food is Flies, Beetles, and other Infeds. 



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