MOTACILLA VULGARIS. 



COMMON % WA G T A I L. 



Generic Character. 



Bill (lender, very foft, and (lightly notched near the end. 

 Tongue fringed at the tip. 

 Legs (lender. 



Toes three forward, one behind, the centre one con« 

 nefted to the outer one as far as the firft joint; the 

 hind toe and claw long. 



Tail very long. 



Synonyms. 



Mot ac i l la vulgaris. W. Curtis, Mfs, 

 Motacilla alba. Lin. Syft. i. p. 331. n. Lath. 



Ind. Orn. 2. p. 501. 1. 

 White Wagtail. Br. Zool. 1. 142. tab. 55. Ib.fol. 



104. Lath. Syn. 4. p. 395. 1. 



Ib.Jupt p. 178. Mont. Orn. Difi. 



Bewick's Br. Birds, Pt. 1. p. 203. 

 Collared Wagtail. Lath. Syn. 4. p. 396. 



Jl HE Common Wagtail is in length about feven 

 inches and a half, and in breadth ten inches and a half, and 

 it weighs about three-quarters of an ounce ; this bird is too 

 well known to require further defcription. The colours are 

 difpofed alike in both fexes, thofe of the female are confiderably 

 duller, and the tail of the latter is not fo long by near an inch. 



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