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fide with hair. It lays four or five eggs, varie- 
gated with du{kv fpots and irregular lines. 
Wagtail, Grev; the Motacilla Voarula of 
Linnasus. This bird has a (lender, ftraight bill, 
of a dulky colour, terminating in a point. The 
top of the head, the upper part of the neck, and 
the back, are afh-colourcd ; the fpace round each 
eye is alfo alh-coloured, beneath and above which 
there is a line of white. 
In the male, the chin and throat are black; the 
feathers incumbent on the tail are yellow ; and the 
tail is longer, in proportion to it's fize, than that of 
any other fpecies. The breaft, and the whole un- 
der fide of the body, are yellow? and the quill- 
feathers are dufky, thofe next the back being 
edlged with yellow. 
In the female, the black fpot on the throat is 
wanting; the colours in general are more obfcure 
than thofe of the male; and the legs, feet, and 
claws, are of a duflcy colour. 
The Grey Wagtail frequents pebbly rivers ; and 
feeds on infedts. 
; Wagtail of Jamaica. This bird has a fmall 
bead; and a ftraight black bill, with a blueifh caft 
towards the bafe. The head and lower part of 
the neck are black, but the upper part is yellow; 
and the whole of the back, breaft, and lower part 
©f the belly, are alfo yellow. The wings a;re 
blaick, with a white :^ot in thie middle; the tail is 
iikewife black; and the feet are brown. 
The tail of this fpecies is nearly four inches 
long; which circumftance, together with the co- 
lours of the plumage, induced Ray to place it 
among the Wagtails; but Marcgrave fays that it 
neitlier feeds nor wags it's tail like birds of this kind. 
Wagta-il, Green. This beautiful fpecies is 
a native of Ceylon. The head is cinereous; the 
neck, back, and breaft, are of a pale green colour; 
the wings and tail are cinereous, edged with white; 
and the belly is white. 
WALDRAPP. An appellation by which 
E)me ornithologifts exprefs the wood-raven, or 
Corvus Sylvaticus of Gefner; a bird about the 
fize of a hen, of a gloffy black colour, and adorned 
with a beautiful creft. 
WALKING LEAF. A Weft Indian infea, 
having a very flat body; and of a reddifn colour, 
refembling that of certain dry leaves; that is, at 
particular feafons of the year, for at firft it is green. 
It is produced from a green egg about the fize of 
a coriander feed, from which, in a few days, a 
frnall black infed is hatched. The wings are- at 
firft as green as a frefti leaf, with fibres running 
along them from the inner to the outer edges after 
the manner of many kinds of leaves, and branch- 
ing into fubdivlfions as they approach the edge. 
On the fore-part of the body there are four other 
fmall wings, which, though they differ from each 
other, every pair being difTimilar, yet they exaflly 
refemble fome forts of leaves. When the larger 
wings are fhut, the' infeft exacftly refembles a leaf; 
and hence it has- obtained the appellation of the 
Walking Leaf. TheS eyes are fmall and promi- 
nent; and the mouth is forked. The head is 
round; about the neck there is therefemblance of 
a ring of the fame colour as the body j and behind 
this the neck becomes much larger, fo that it ap- 
pears like a fecond head. The whole infeft is 
albdiit three inches in length, and one inch and a 
half in' breadth. 
. WALL-CREEPER. This bird, to which 
Aldrovandus gives the appellation of the fpider- 
tjatcher, is about the fize of a- ftarlingj ind has an 
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oblong, flender, black bill. The neck, head, and 
back, are afl:i-coloiired ; and the breaft is whitifti. 
The wings are partly afh-coloured, and partly red ; 
and the long feathers on the wings below the back 
are black. The tail, the belly, and the thighs,' 
are black and ftiort like thofe of wood-peckers j 
and the toes are long, of which three are placed 
before, and the other fupplies the place of a heel. 
This bird receives it's name from creeping up 
walls, after the fame manner as wood-peckers 
climb trees. It builds it's neft in the holes of 
trees ; and is fometimes found in England, but 
not very commonly. 
WALRUS. An appellation by which fome 
authors exprefs the morfe, or fea-horfe ; the Tri- 
chechus Rofmarus of Linn^us. 
Pennant mentions two fpecies of thefe animals ; 
one of which he diftinguiflies by the name of the 
Arftic Walrus ; and the other by that of the Indian 
Walrus. The former inhabits Spitzbergen, Nova 
Zembla, and Hudfon's Bay ; the latter the Cape 
of Good Hope, and the Philippine Iflands. See 
Morse. 
WANDEROW. A fort of baboon, common 
in Ceylon and Malabar. 
WANDSU. A fpecies of Ceylonefe monkey, 
of a fine deep black coleur all over the body, ex- 
cept a long beard depending from the chin, which 
is of a fnowy whitenefs. 
WANT, or WONT. A provincial name for 
the mole. 
WAPPER. An appellation fometimes ufed 
to exprefs the fmaller fort of river-gudgeon. 
WARBLERS. A term by which Pennant di- 
ftinguifhes an order of birds ; comprehending the 
nightingale; red-ftart; red-breaft; black-cap; 
petty-chaps ; hedge-fparrow ; yellow, golden- 
crefted, and common wren ; the fedge-bird, or 
lefler reed-fparrow ; the tit-lark; the wheat-ear; 
whinchat; ftone-chatter ; and white-throat. Their 
general characters are thefe : the bill is flender, 
and weak; the noftrils are fmall, and funk; and 
the exterior toe is joined at the under part of thi; 
laft joint to the middle toe. 
Warbler, Olive-coloured. This beautiful 
little bird, which is of the motacilla kind, and in- 
habits Ceylon, is about the fize of a hedge-fpar- 
row. The bill is whitifli, befetwith pale yellow 
feathers ; the head, the whole upper part of the 
body, the wings, and the tail, are of an olive white 
hue ; and the breaft and belly are white. 
Warbler, Brown. This bird has a yellov/ifh 
brown bill, a litde incurvated ; the colour is en- 
tirely brown, marked on the back, wings, and tail, 
with numerous dufky bars ; and the legs are of 
the fame colour as the bill. 
Warbler, Green. This fpecies, which in- 
habits the Eaft Indies, is faid to change into a 
variety of beautiful colours like the humming- 
bird. The bill is duflcy brown ; the head, neck, 
back, coverts of the wings, and tail, are variable 
green 5 and the breaft and belly are yellow. 
Warbler, Pink-coloured. This bird, which 
inhabits Ceylon, and belongs to the mufcicapa or 
fly-catcher kind, is about the fize of the wren. 
The bill is reddifti; the neck, head, back, breaft, 
and coverts of the wings, are of a pale pink co- 
lour; and the legs are red. 
WARINE. A Brazilian monkey of the fa- 
pajous kind ; called alfo Guariba. 
WARREE. A name by which Wafer de- 
fcribes an animal of the hog kind, a native of th* 
Ifthmusof Darien. 
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