ayy THE NATURAL’ HISTORY 
evoltbttcatioth would be feverely felt, did not the 
‘friendly frofts of winter, deliver us again from 
BOE ng tation, 
an. 
Genus75, MOTACILLA. 
Pennant has divided the Genus Motacilla, (and 
with reafon,) into two Genera; the one he calls 
— the Wagtail, the other the Warbler. We hall 
_obferve his example, fo far, as to arrange this: 
Genus under two divifions, 
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DIVISION THE FIRST. THE WAGTAII, 
T he bith of this divin have aweak lender bill, Ligh | 
giotched atthe tip, = a 4 
The tongue is jagged at the end,. “a 
_ The legs are flender. 
Their tails are long, and eae in motion. 
They frequent the fides of brooks, and are ils if 
moft conftantly running; they feldom fly; but 
when they do fly to any diftance, it is in an une 
dulatory, or wavy direction; they rarely perch, 
their nefts are on the ‘ground, and they nae ‘ 
twittering noife as they fly. oe 

