The animal kingdom : arranged after its organization, forming a natural history of animals, and an introduction to comparative anatomy . : 193 The Water-wagtails {MotacUla, Cuv.)—Have a comparatively short and curved hind claw, and frequent the borders of water. That of France {Mot. alba and cinerea, Lin.)i is grey above, wliite below, with the occiput, thront, and breast,black. [The throat white in winter. It has not yet been registered as an inhabitant of itritain. Tlie common British Wagtail {M. yarrelliif Gould), appears to be of rare occurrence on the Continent of is
The animal kingdom : arranged after its organization, forming a natural history of animals, and an introduction to comparative anatomy . : 193 The Water-wagtails {MotacUla, Cuv.)—Have a comparatively short and curved hind claw, and frequent the borders of water. That of France {Mot. alba and cinerea, Lin.)i is grey above, wliite below, with the occiput, thront, and breast,black. [The throat white in winter. It has not yet been registered as an inhabitant of itritain. Tlie common British Wagtail {M. yarrelliif Gould), appears to be of rare occurrence on the Continent of is somewhat larger, and has a black back in summer. Another species, common in the north of Britain, visits the southern counties in winter—the Yellow-rumpedWagtail (iV. ftoanz/a, Lin.)—It is grey above, with a very long tail, the outer feathers of which are white; underparts and rump bright citron-yellow, with a black throat in summer]. Another in the south of Europe resembles the common French Wagtail when young, but acquires a black backwith age, the M. iugubris, Roux. [It is larger than any of the others.] The Field-Wagtail
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