GREEN WAGTAIL. 



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white, except towards the base of the inner web 

 the next has the tips of each web white, and the 

 base of the inner web black ; the rest of the tail 

 is dusky black : the female is destitute of the pec- 

 toral band. In the summer this species appears 

 in pastures, and in the winter it approaches the 

 rivulets in search of insects that frequent the 

 water : its nest is placed near the ground in wil- 

 lows or such like trees : it lias two broods in the 

 season. 



GREEN WAGTAIL. 

 (Motacilla viridis.) 



Mo. pallide viridis subtus alba, capite cinereo, alis caudaque cine- 



reis albo marginatis. 

 Pale-green Wagtail, beneath white, with the head grey, and the 



wings and tail cinereous, edged with white. 

 Motacilla viridis. Ginel. Syst. Nat, 1. g62. — Lath. Ind, Orn, 2. 



505. 13. 



Green Wagtail. Brown. Illust. Zool. 86. pi 33.— ZaM. Gen. 

 Syn. A. U. 



Described by Brown in his Illustrations of 

 Zoology, but the length is not mentioned: its 

 head, wings, and tail, are cinereous ; the two latter 

 edged with white : the neck, back, and breast, 

 pale green : the belly white. Inhabits Ceylon, 



