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BRITISH BIRDS. 
THE GREY WAGTAIL. 
(. Motacilla Boarula , Lin . — La Bergeronette jaune , Buff.) 
This bird is fomewhat larger than the laft 9 ow- 
ing to the great length of its tail ; Its bill is dark 
brown ; over each eye there is a pale ftreak ; the 
head, neck, and back are of a greyifh alh colour ; 
the throat and chin are black ; the rump and all 
the under parts of the body are of a bright yellow ; 
wing coverts and quills dark brown, the former 
with pale edges ; the fecondaries, which are almoft 
as long as the greater quills, are white at the bafe, 
and tipped with yellow on the outer edges ; the 
middle feathers of the tail are black, the outer ones 
white ; legs yellowilh brown. 
This elegant little bird frequents the fame pla- 
