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birds. 
SPECIES XVII. The Yellow Water-wagtail 
JVil. orn. 238. 
Rail Jyn. av. 75, 
Edw. av. 258, The male. 
Mp H E male is a bird of great beauty i 
i the bread:, belly, thighs, and vent fea- 
thers, being of a mod: vivid and lovely 
yellow : the throat is marked with fome larc/e 
black fpots : above the eye is a bright yellow 
line ; beneath that, from the bill crofs the eye 
is another of a dulky hue ; and beneath the eye 
is a third of the fame color: the head, and whole 
upper part of the body, is of an olive green,which 
brightens in the coverts of the tail: the quil fea- 
Motacilla verna. Brijfon av. III. 468s 
Motacilla flava. Gejner av. 618. 
Motacilla flava. Lin. fyfl. 185. 
thers are dulky: the coverts of the wings olive 
colored, but the lower row is dulky tipt with yel- 
lowilh white : the outmoft feather of the tail 
white j the others black, as in the former. The 
colors of the female are far more obfcure than 
thole of the male : it wants alfo thofe black fpots 
on the throat. It makes its neft on the ground, 
in corn fields : the outfide is compofed of de¬ 
cayed Hems of plants, and fmall fibrous roots; 
the infide is lined with hair: it lays five eggs. 
SPECIES XVIII. 
JVil. orn. 238. 
Rail fyn. av. 75. 
Edw. av. 259. The male. 
THE top of the head, upper part of 
the neck, and the back of this fpecies 
- 3 - are alh-colored ; flightly edged with 
yellowilh green: the fpace round each eye is 
alh-colored : beneath and above which is a line 
of white : in the male, the chin and throat are 
black : the feathers incumbent on the tail are 
yellow: the tail is longer, in proportion to its 
The Grey Water-wagtail. 
Motacila flava. Brijfon av. III. 471. 
Tab. 23. Fig. 3. The male. 
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fize, than that of the other kinds: the two ex¬ 
terior feathers are white , the reft black : the 
bread, and whole under fide of the body are 
yellow : the quil feathers are dulky j thofe next 
the back edged with yellow. The colors of the 
female are ufually more obfcure ; and the black 
fpot on the throat is wanting in that fex. 
GENUS XXL Grofbeaks. 
SPECIES I. The Grofbeak. Plate U. Fig. 1. The male. 
Grolbeak,orHawfinch. JVil. orn. 244. 
Rail fyn. av. 85. 
Charlton ex. 91. 
Edzv. av. 188. The male. 
H E bird we have figured was Ihot in 
Shropjhire : they vifit us only in hard 
winters, and are not regularly migrant. 
They feed on berries j and even on the kernels of 
Coccothrauftes. Gefner av. 276. 
Brijfon av. III. 219. 
Loxia coccothrauftes. Lin.fyft. 171. 
the ftrono-eft ftones, fuch as thofe of cherries and 
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almonds, which they crack with the greateft fa¬ 
cility : their bills are well adapted to that work, 
being remarkably thick and ftrong. Mr. JVil- 
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