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BIRDS. 
[Clafs II. 
the feathers of the wings, which are black in the 
cock are dulky in the hen : the white parts alfo 
are lefs, and not fo pure in the latter. This fpe- 
cies is not very common in this ifland ; but is 
fometimes found in Derbyfhire, Shropjhire, and 
Flint {hire, 
SPECIES XV. The White-throat, Plate S. Fig. 4. 
IVil orn. 236. 
Rail fyn. av, 77. 
T HIS frequents our gardens in the 
fummer time ; in the winter it leaves 
us. It builds in low bulhes near the 
ground, making its neft externally of the tender 
(talks of herbs and dry ftraw ; the middle part 
of fine bents and foft grafs, the infide of hair. 
It lays five eggs of a whitilh green color, fpnnk- 
led with black fpots*. The head of this bird is 
Parus einereus. Brijfon av. Ill- 549, 
Motacilla fylvia ? Lin. fyft , 185. 
of a brownilh alh-color, the throat white: the 
bread and belly white tinged with red ; (in the 
female wholly white:) the back, and coverts of 
the wings ferruginous : the quil feathers dulky, 
edged with reddilh brown; the tail the fame ; 
except the upper part of the interior fide and 
whole exterior fide of the outmoft feather, which 
are white : the legs are of a yellowilh brown. 
V V. i * 
* WiL orn . 
SPECIES XVI. The White Water-wagtail. 
fVil orn. 237. 
Rail fyn. av. 75 * 
Brijfon av. III. 4 * 51 « 
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f —B—HIS bird frequents the fides of ponds, 
I and fmall dreams; and feeds on in- 
.1_ f e as and worms, as do all the red of 
this genus. Mr. Willoughby judly obferves, that 
this fpecies Ihifts its quarters in the winter; 
moving from the north to the fouth of England, 
during that feafon. In fpring and autumn, it is 
a condant attendant of the plough, for the fake 
of the worms thrown up by that indrument. 
The head, back, and upper and lower fide of the 
Motacilla alba. Gefner av. 618, 
M- alba. Lin. fyft. 187. 
neck as far as the bread, are black : in fome the 
chin is white, and the throat marked with a 
black crelcent: the bread and belly are white : 
the quil feathers are dulky: the coverts black 
tipt and edged with white. The tail is very 
long, and always in motion. The exterior fea¬ 
ther on each fide is white: the lower part of the 
inner web excepted, which is dulky; the others 
black : the bill, infide of the mouth, and the 
legs, are black. The back claw very long. 
