S°6 The Bifiory of A N I M A L S. 
their iris hazel 5 the beak is ffraight, flender, moderately long, and black : the beak 
and the eyes are furrounded with a fpace of white, which is continued in a broad 
line, down almoft to the wings: the crown of the head, both Tides of the neck, and 
the back are black 3 the bread; and belly are white : the wings, when expanded, are 
oi' a femicircular figure 3 the long featners in each are eighteen: the tail is long, and 
both that and the wings are variegated with black and white. 
This is frequent with Us about waters. Authors call it Motacilla alba. 
Motacilla pe&ore abdomineque flavo , 
The yellow- breafled Motacilla. 
This is a more beautiful bird than the former3 it is of the fame figure with the 
former, but fomewhat fmaller: the head is rounded 3 the eyes are large, and their iris 
of a greyifh hazel: the head aifd neck are of a dufky olive colour, approaching to 
black ; the middle of the back is greenifh 3 the bread: and belly are yellow 3 the fides 
of the head are variegated alio with fome ifreaks of yellow, and the wings have fome 
Variegation of white. 
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This is frequent enough about waters. Authors call it Motacilla dava. 
Motacilla peElore albo , corpore nigro. 
The Motacilla, with a black body and white breafl . 
%\)t water 
£>U5el. 
This is of the bignefs of the common black-bird : the head is large and round j the 
eyes are large, and theii* iris is hazel, with a tinge of grey : the beak isdender and black 3 
the head and the upper part of the neck are of a deep rufiy brown, approaching to 
black: the back, wings, and fhoulders are variegated with a deep grey, and a bright 
black : the throat and the anterior part of the bread: are of a fnow-white; the upper 
part of the belly is reddifh, but the lower part, toward the tail, is black. 
This is frequent in many parts of England. Authors call it Merula aquatica. 
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Motacilla dorfo earn , fronte alba . 
The Motacilla y with a grey back and white forehead. C&V* 
This is of the bignefs of the fparrow: the head is large and flatted ; the eyes are 
fmall, and their iris grey: the beak is {lender, oblong, and black j the.head is white 
at the front, but there is a great deal of black about the eyes: the hinder part of the 
head is grey, with a blufih of red 3 and the back alfo is grey, with more of the red in 
it; and in the female there is an admixture of green about the edges of the feathers: 
the rump is white3 the throat and the bread: are white, with a tinge of red difFufed 
over them, and the belly is perfectly white in the female, but in the male it is yel~ 
lowifh : the wings are entirely black3 both the long feathers and the inveftient ones 
are of that colour: the tail is moderately long 3 it is compofed of twelve feathers, and 
is variegated with black and white. 
This is frequent in many parts of England, and is much efteemed at table. Authors 
call it Oenanthe five Vitiflora 3 we the Fallow-finch and the Wheat-ear. 
Motacilla nigricans gula flavefcente. 
The black Motacilla , with a yellow throat. 
This is of the bignefs of the linnet: the head is large, the>eyes large, and their iris 
is hazel, and the beak black : the head in the male is coal-black ; in the female it is 
brownifh : the neck is black on the upper or outer part, but there is on each fide a 
white fpot: the back is black, but the edges of the feathers have a tinge of yel- 
lowifh : 
