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WAGTAIL (Wagsterd and Wagstyrt, 15th century fide T. Wright, Vol. Vocabularies, ii. 221, 253; Uuagtale, Turner, 1544, p. 53) , the popular name for birds of the subfamily Motacillidae, which, together with the Anthinae (see PIPIT), form the passerine family Motacillidae. The pied wagtail Motacilla lugubris is a common and generally distributed species in the British Islands, and common through-out northern Europe, but migrating southwards over a relatively narrow range in winter. The white
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ordinary British in its lighter-coloured tintsthe cock especially having a clear grey instead of a black back. Three other species occur in England, but the subfamily with several genera and very many species ranges over the Old World, except Australia and Polynesia
Wagtails are generally parti-coloured birds, frequenting streams and stagnant water, and feeding on seeds, insects, worms, small molluscs and crustaceans. The bill is thin and elongated, and the tail is very long . The nests are made of moss
hair and feathers; four to six eggs are laid, bluish white
The genus Motacilla (an exact rendering of the English
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