MO TAG ILL A VULGARI S, 
COMMON JVA G r A I L, 
Generic Character. 
Bill flender, very foft, and flightly notched near the end. 
Tongue fringed at the tip. 
Legs flender. 
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. 
MOTACII^LA VULGARIS. W. CuvHs^ Mfs. 
MoTAciLLA ALBA. Lin, Syjl, 1. j>, 331. 11. Lath. 
Ind, Orn. 2, p, 501. 1. . 
White Wagtail. Br. ZooL 1. 142. iak 55. Ib.fol. 
104. Lath, Syn. 4. p, 395. i, 
Ib.fupt. p, 178. Mont, Orn. DiST. 
Bewick's Br, Birds, Ft. 1. p, 203. 
Collared Wagtail. Latk 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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