pied wagtail

British  

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)

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Example Sentences

They also reminded me of certain notes, which have a human quality, in some of our songsters—the swallow, redstart, pied wagtail, whinchat, and two or three others.

From Afoot in England by Hudson, W. H. (William Henry)

There are two more common British songsters that produce much the same effect as the willow wren and blackbird; these are the swallow and pied wagtail.

From Birds and Man by Hudson, W. H. (William Henry)

The poor magpies found their long tails very much against them in the scramble, and it was even worse with the pied wagtail.

From Afoot in England by Hudson, W. H. (William Henry)