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See also:WAGTAIL (Wagsterd and Wagstyrt, 15th See also:century fide T. See also:Wright, Vol. Vocabularies, ii. 221, 253; Uuagtale, See also:Turner, 1544, p. 53) , the popular name for birds of the subfamily Motacillidae, which, together with the Anthinae (see See also:PIPIT), See also:form the passerine See also:family Motacillidae.
The pied wagtail Motacilla lugubris is a See also:common and generally distributed See also:species in the See also:British Islands, and common through-out See also:northern See also:Europe, but migrating southwards over a relatively narrow range in See also:winter. The See also:- WHITE
- WHITE, ANDREW DICKSON (1832– )
- WHITE, GILBERT (1720–1793)
- WHITE, HENRY KIRKE (1785-1806)
- WHITE, HUGH LAWSON (1773-1840)
- WHITE, JOSEPH BLANCO (1775-1841)
- WHITE, RICHARD GRANT (1822-1885)
- WHITE, ROBERT (1645-1704)
- WHITE, SIR GEORGE STUART (1835– )
- WHITE, SIR THOMAS (1492-1567)
- WHITE, SIR WILLIAM ARTHUR (1824--1891)
- WHITE, SIR WILLIAM HENRY (1845– )
- WHITE, THOMAS (1628-1698)
- WHITE, THOMAS (c. 1550-1624)
white wagtail, M. See also:alba of See also:Linnaeus, has a wide range in Europe, See also:Asia and See also:Africa, visiting See also:England almost yearly, and chiefly differing from the See also:ordinary British in its lighter-coloured tints—the See also:cock especially having a clear See also:grey instead of a See also:black back. Three other species occur in England, but the subfamily with several genera and very many species ranges over the Old See also:World, except See also:Australia and See also:Polynesia, whilst the See also:Asiatic species reach See also:North-See also:West See also:America.
Wagtails are generally parti-coloured birds, frequenting streams and stagnant See also:water, and feeding on seeds, See also:insects, See also:worms, small molluscs and crustaceans. The See also:bill is thin and elongated, and the tail is very See also:long. The nests are made of See also:moss, grass and roots, with a lining of See also:hair and feathers; four to six eggs are laid, bluish white or See also:- BROWN
- BROWN, CHARLES BROCKDEN (1771-181o)
- BROWN, FORD MADOX (1821-1893)
- BROWN, FRANCIS (1849- )
- BROWN, GEORGE (1818-188o)
- BROWN, HENRY KIRKE (1814-1886)
- BROWN, JACOB (1775–1828)
- BROWN, JOHN (1715–1766)
- BROWN, JOHN (1722-1787)
- BROWN, JOHN (1735–1788)
- BROWN, JOHN (1784–1858)
- BROWN, JOHN (1800-1859)
- BROWN, JOHN (1810—1882)
- BROWN, JOHN GEORGE (1831— )
- BROWN, ROBERT (1773-1858)
- BROWN, SAMUEL MORISON (1817—1856)
- BROWN, SIR GEORGE (1790-1865)
- BROWN, SIR JOHN (1816-1896)
- BROWN, SIR WILLIAM, BART
- BROWN, THOMAS (1663-1704)
- BROWN, THOMAS (1778-1820)
- BROWN, THOMAS EDWARD (1830-1897)
- BROWN, WILLIAM LAURENCE (1755–1830)
brown, or yellowish with spots and markings.
The genus Motacilla (an exact rendering of the See also:English " wagtail," the Dutch Kwikstaart, the See also:Italian Codatremola and other similar words), which, as originally founded by Linnaeus, contained nearly all the " soft-billed " birds of See also:early English ornithologists, was restricted by various authors in See also:succession, following the example set by Scopoli in 1769, until none but the wagtails remained in it. (A.
End of Article: WAGTAIL (Wagsterd and Wagstyrt, 15th century fide T. Wright, Vol. Vocabularies, ii. 221, 253; Uuagtale, Turner, 1544, p. 53)
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