The yellow Water-Wagtail. Motacilla flava.
Numb. LVIII.
THESE Birds are of the bignefs of the common black
and white Water-Wagtaib, its Bill is black, ftreight,
ilender and iharp pointed; its Eyes grey, both upper and
under Eye-lids white, moreover above the Eye is a white
Line extended; the Top of the Head and upper Part of
the Body is alh-coloured; the Rump of a dusky yellow;
the Head (which in Proportion to the Body) is fmall
and comprefled; the wing Feathers black, their exteriour
Edges white, croffed in the middle of the Wings with a
Line of white; the Chin and Throat white with a faint
yellow Call; the Breaft and Belly yellow.
The Tail is made up of twelve Feathers very long, the
outmoft on each Side is all white ; the two next white on
the infide and blackilh on the out, the fix middlemoft all
over blackilh.
The Legs (which are long) and the Feet (which are
rough) were of a'redilh Colour; the Claws black; the
Hen was of the fame Colour of the Cock, the white on
the Throat and deep yellow on the Rump excepted^
Their Food is Flies, Beetles, and other Infects.
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