Type genus of the Motacillidae: wagtails.
Синонимы
Examples for "wagtails "
Examples for "wagtails "
1 He had thought out the meaning of the wagtails building in his hand.
2 Most small birds hop; but wagtails and larks walk, moving their legs alternately.
3 The wagtails have returned to O'Connell Street in Dublin, on the GPO side.
4 Pied wagtails hunted flies among the vertebrae strewn over the field behind the factory.
5 The little wagtails built and shaped busily all day, and the work progressed rapidly.
1 This species of Motacilla is called by Ray Regulus non cristatus.
2 In one, it is called " Motacilla rubecula;" in the other, "Rubecula familiaris."
3 Grey-wagtail, Motacilla cinerea: These frequent shallow rivulets near the spring heads, where they never freeze: eat the aureliae of Phryganea.
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