GRAY WAGTAIL. 
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toes ; feet short, formed for walking ; hinder 
claw not lengthened. M. boarula, Yarrellii. 
&c. 
Note . — Aquatic in habits ; forehead and crown 
depressed. Europe, Asia, Africa. 
THE GRAY WAGTAIL. 
Motacilla boarula, Linn. 
PLATE X. 
Motacilla boarula, Linn — Gray Wagtail of British 
authors. 
As a good example of this beautiful form, we 
have given a figure of the Gray Wagtail in its 
breeding dress, — in summer enlivening the mar- 
gins of our rocky streams, and in winter occa- 
sionally varying the ornithology of our farm and 
poultry yards. This bird performs partial migra- 
tions ; and we are not sure that w r e do not both 
receive an accession in spring, and lose some of 
our numbers in autumn, by a visit to or from the 
Continent. A favourite haunt of the Gray Wag- 
tail is by some clear alpine stream, where they 
