pied wagtail
a British songbird, Motacilla alba yarrellii, with a black throat and back, long black tail, and white underparts and face: family Motacillidae (wagtails and pipits)
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These are both black-and-white birds—the magpie-robin (Copsychus saularis) and the pied wagtail (Motacilla maderaspatensis).
A Bird Calendar for Northern India | Douglas DewarIt differs from the pied wagtail in being bluish or slate grey, where - 86 - that bird is black, below the nape.
Birds' Nests, Eggs and Egg-Collecting | Richard KeartonIts habits are much the same as those of the pied wagtail, but it is even lighter and more active in its movements.
British Birds in their Haunts | Rev. C. A. JohnsThe nest resembles that of the pied wagtail, and is placed on the ground, usually in pea-fields.
British Birds in their Haunts | Rev. C. A. JohnsThe birds have vanished, all save a pied wagtail, loveliest of a lovely tribe, that flirts its graceful tail by the rowan tree.
Windfalls | (AKA Alpha of the Plough) Alfred George Gardiner
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