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deeper yellow; wing-coverts brown, edged with afh-co- 
lour; quills brown; fecondaries white at the bafe and 
brown at the ends; tail the longeft of all the fpecies; the 
outer feather white; the next has the infide and tip white, 
the outfide blackifh; third nearly the fame, but has the 
inner edge black ; the others black, with greenilh edges ; 
legs yellowifh brown. The female has no black on the 
throat. This is the common water-wagtail of thefe 
kingdoms, frequenting the banks of ponds and fmall 
ftreams, for the fake of infedb, on which it feeds. The 
neft is on the ground, not far from the water, compofed 
of dried fibres and mofs, lined with hair, feathers, or 
wool. The eggs, from fix to eight in number, are dull 
white, marked with yellow fpots. This is a very elegant 
bird, and only lofes of its beauty by being common. It 
is found on the European continent in various parts, 
and feems more hardy than the others. Linmeus fays 
it is gregarious ; but with us it was feen only fingle, except 
in pairing-time. It is called at Bologna by the names 
of boarola or boarina, whence the Linntean name. It is 
alfo found in Senegal, where the flefh is remarkably fat 
and fine, and little inferior to the ortolan. 
< 3 . M. Javenfis, a variety of this fpecies found in Java, 
with the head, upper parts of the body, and upper tail- 
coverts, olive yellow; throat and neck grey ; reft of the 
under parts yellow ; and greater wing-coverts brown. 
In all other refpedls it exadtly correfponds with ours. 
51. Motacilla Indica, the Indian wagtail: bill pale 
rufous; irides yellow ; head, hind part of the neck, back, 
and rump, greenilh grey; throat, breaft, and belly, light 
yellow; on the breaft are two black curved bands, join¬ 
ing at their ends ; the fmaller wing-coverts are like the 
back; the others yellow, and the fecond quills part brown 
and part yellow; the two middle tail-feathers greenilh 
grey; others blackilh brown; the two outer ones white, 
as are the thighs and vent; legs pale rufous. 
52. Motacilla viridis, the green wagtail: length four 
inches : head cinereous; neck, back, and breaft, pale 
green ; wings and tail cinereous, edged with white ; belly 
white. Found in the illand of Ceylon. 
53. Motacilla Tchutfchenfis, the Tchutfchian wag¬ 
tail : crown of the head, and back, deep olive brown; 
between the upper mandible and eye a fpot of white; 
wing-coverts and primaries deep brown, the firft crofted 
with two bars of white; breaft and belly white, dalhed 
with ruft-colour; vent pale yellow; tail very long; the 
whole of the outer and half of the inner web of the outer 
tail-feather white ; all the reft dulky; legs black. Found 
off the coaft of Tchutfchi. 
54. Motacilla Capenfis, the Cape wagtail: fize of the 
white wagtail: bill dufky ; upper parts brown ; the under 
white, inclining to dufky on the Tides; oyer the eye a 
whitifh ftreak; acrofs the breaft a dufky band ; quills 
brown, edged with grey; tail black, except the two outer 
feathers, the ends of which are white; legs dufky. In¬ 
habits the Cape of Good Hope. 
55. Motacilla Afra, the African wagtail. This is a 
fmall fpecies: bill black, broad at the bafe, and a little 
curved ; upper parts of the body yellowifli brown; beneath 
yellow, except the under tail-coverts, which are white; 
over the eye a ftreak of black; wings, tail, and legs, black. 
Found in the country about the Cape. 
56. Motacilla flava, the yellow wagtail : length fix 
inches and a half: bill black; irides hazel; head, and 
upper parts of the body, olive green; under parts, from 
the breaft, bright yellow ; on the throat a few black fpots; 
over the eye a ftreak of yellow ; through the eye another 
of dufky ; and beneath the eye a third of the fame colour. 
The tail is black, except two of the outer feathers, which 
are half black half white ; legs black. The female is 
much lefs bright in colour -. the ftreak over the eye 
whitifh, and wants the black markings on the throat. 
This bird is common in moilt meadows and corn-fields 
in England in the fummer-time, migrating, or at leaft 
ihifting its quarters, in the winter. In France it is feen 
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at all times of the year, except the winter is uncommonly 
fevere, changing the uplands for the fides of gentle 
ftreams, when food grows fcarce in the firft; and, from 
obfervation, it feems to have the fame economy in the 
county of Hampfltire, in England. It makes its neft 
in the corn-fields, on the ground, compofing it of bents 
and fibres of roots, lined with hair. The eggs are five 
in number, varied with dufky fpots and lines. 
| 3 . There is a variety of this, with the upper part of 
the plumage cinereous grey: beneath yellow; over the 
eye a line of yellow; greater wing-coverts tipped with 
white, forming a band acrofs the wing ; quills and tail 
black ; legs pale red. Found in the Ifle of Timor, in the 
Eaft Indies. 
57. Motacilla citreola, the yellow-headed wagtail. 
Larger than the preceding, but not unlike it: head, neck, 
and all beneath, yellow ; on the nape is a blackifli cref- 
cent; back bluifti afh-colour; wings and tail like the 
yellow wagtail. This fpecies is very common in Siberia, 
even to thear&ic circle; and is found alfo in Ruftia, but 
lefs numerous. 
58. Motacilla tiphia, the green Indian w'agtail. Size 
of the pettichaps: bill blackifh, and yellow at the bafe; 
upper parts of the plumage olive green, paleft on the 
rump; cheeks and under parts greenilh yellow'; fmaller 
wing-coverts deep brown; the others tipped with white, 
forming two bars on the wing; quills and tail black, with 
the edges yellow ; legs blackifh. Native of Bengal. 
59. Motacilla Sinenfis, the Chinefe wagtail -. length 
fix inches : bill pale red ; general colour of the plumage 
green ; from the eye to the nape a pale ftreak ; a fpot on 
the ear; under parts of the body fiefh-coloured; tail 
pointed; legs dufky. Inhabits China. 
60. Motacilla Singalenfis, the Cingalefe wagtail: length 
four inches and a half: bill brown; plumage above change¬ 
able green; beneath the neck orange; breaft and belly 
yellow. Native likewife of Ceylon. 
61. Motacilla Zeylonica, the Ceylon wagtail: length 
four inches and a half: bill a trifle bent, and of a bluilh- 
grey colour; crown and nape black; back green; beneath 
wholly of a light yellow; wings black, crofted with two 
bars of white. Found in all parts of Ceylon. 
62. Motacilla olivacea, the olive wagtail: fize of the 
liedge-fparrow: bill whitifh, befet with pale yellow fea¬ 
thers ; the head, upper parts of the body, wings, and tail, 
olive; breaft and belly white. Native of Ceylon. It 
jerks up the tail fo high as to make an acute angle. 
63. Motacilla caryophyllacea, the pink wagtail: fize 
of the willow-wren : bill reddifh ; general colour of the 
plumage a pale pink; wings and tail dufky; legs red. 
Inhabits Ceylon. 
64. Motacilla albicapilla, the white-crowned wagtail; 
length feven inches: bill black ; plumage on all the upper 
parts black; the under dufky white; chin pure white; on 
the crown of the head a white fpot, and behind the eye 
another; legs black. Native of China. 
65. Motacilla grifea, the grifly wagtail: length four 
inches and a half: bill black; crown of the head dufky 
black; throat, fore part of the neck, and breaft, black; 
through the eye a white ftreak; upper parts of the body, 
wings, and tail, cinereous grey; the feathers of the firft 
bordered with grey, and the laft tipped with white ; belly, 
thighs, and vent, white; legs cinereous. The female has 
the upper parts more afh-coloured than the male, and 
the black parts not fo deep. Native of Cayenne. 
66. Motacilla arenarea, the fand-wagtail. This is 
fomewhat larger than the Cape wagtail; however this, 
the white wagtail, and the Cape wagtail, are very nearly 
of a fize. In plumage, manners, and habits, it refembles 
the white wagtail; it is however fufficiently diftinft. 
Seldom more than one pair are feen together, for the 
males fight defperately whenever they meet; if a larger 
company be obferved, it confifts afluredly of the parent- 
birds and the j'oung who have but lately quitted the 
neft, and are not yet provided with habitations for them- 
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