pied wagtail

noun

1. 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)

Example Sentences

These are both black-and-white birds—the magpie-robin (Copsychus saularis) and the pied wagtail (Motacilla maderaspatensis).

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It differs from the Pied Wagtail in being bluish or slate grey, where - 86 - that bird is black, below the nape.

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Its habits are much the same as those of the Pied Wagtail, but it is even lighter and more active in its movements.

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The nest resembles that of the Pied Wagtail, and is placed on the ground, usually in pea-fields.

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The birds have vanished, all save a pied wagtail, loveliest of a lovely tribe, that flirts its graceful tail by the rowan tree.

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