| 单词 | wagtail |
| 例句 | Some mornings I walked out into the courtyard and every living thing there, the seagulls and wagtails, the small trees, and even the stray blades of grass, seemed to smile and shine in the sun. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z A cement and brick pillbox had been built down by the river, right on the bend, among the sedges, destroying the nests of the teal and the gray wagtails. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z A lark went twittering up into the brighter sunshine above, soared and sang and came slowly down, ending with a sideways, spread-wing glide and a wagtail’s run through the grass. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Catch glimpses of yellow wagtails, greater flamingos, spoonbills and red-necked nightjars at a park that was founded to protect endangered birds. | Taroudant, Morocco 2013-05-14T16:06:02Z Perhaps, one day, I'll return to Crete to read it again, while smelling the citrus trees, listening to the waves and watching the swallows and wagtails. Summer readings: Zorba the Greek by Nikos Kazantzakis 2011-08-14T08:00:02Z "The mallard was massively struggling to eat that wagtail, presumably because it couldn't actually tear it to pieces because the bill is flattened - it's not designed for ripping prey apart," said Dr Petrovan. Wild ducks caught on camera snacking on small birds - BBC News 2017-06-29T04:00:00Z Species that migrate huge distances - such as the swallow and pied flycatcher - and those with shorter migrations - such as the lapwing and pied wagtail - were included in the research. Birds migrating earlier as temperatures rise - BBC News 2016-12-28T05:00:00Z The research included species that travel huge distances, such as the swallow and pied flycatcher, as well as those with shorter migrations, such as the lapwing and pied wagtail. Climate change driving birds to migrate early, research reveals 2016-12-28T05:00:00Z Her interest in trees was piqued by a magazine, Kacheche, which is Swahili for pied wagtail, a bird traditionally thought of as bearing good news. Meet the First Female Rangers to Guard One of the World's Deadliest Parks 2015-10-14T04:00:00Z The forest-dwelling birds are members of the pipit and wagtail families, but were not recognised as such, partly because they live in very different habitats to their relatives. DNA reveals bird shift surprise 2015-03-05T05:00:00Z It found that there were 28 species of bird that were in decline over a period of between 35 to 40 years, and these also included skylarks, cuckoos and grey wagtails. Loft insulation 'aids bird decline' 2015-01-13T05:00:00Z Natural England granted the firm a licence to shoot the wagtail earlier this month on the grounds of public health after it was spotted in the shop's aisles. Tesco shoot threat bird released 2014-09-21T04:00:00Z Natural England is also looking at similar measures to permit "taking, damaging and destroying of nests and eggs" for pied wagtails and starlings. Call for killing of birds deemed health hazard splits conservationists 2014-05-17T04:00:00Z Finally, while at Lyme Regis recently for the Fossil Festival, I went and photographed pipits and wagtails on the big boulders at the sea’s edge. Thrilling encounters with freak passerine birds 2014-05-05T22:52:44Z "This is surprising because these birds do not look anything like a pipit or wagtail," explained co-author Per Alstrom from the Swedish Species Information Centre, based at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences. DNA reveals bird shift surprise 2015-03-05T05:00:00Z Birds of passage include the buzzard, kite, quail, wild fowl of various kinds, golden thrush, wagtail, linnet, finch and nightingale. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 5 "Hinduism" to "Home, Earls of" 2012-03-25T02:00:05.717Z A Birds' Nest in a Railway Truck.—A water wagtail's nest, containing four eggs, was found at Norbiton Station amongst some coal in a truck which arrived from Derbyshire, a few weeks ago. The Little Gleaner, Vol. X. A Monthly Magazine for the Young 2012-02-03T03:00:20.453Z Such a habit could hardly fail to become hereditary, so that the daughter of a cuckoo which always put her egg into a reed-wren’s, titlark’s or wagtail’s nest would do as did her mother. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 8 "Cube" to "Daguerre, Louis" 2012-01-31T03:00:17.257Z Seiurus, sī-ū′rus, n. the genus of birds including the American wagtails. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) 2012-01-30T03:00:19.113Z "These islands are covered totally by forest, which is a very unfamiliar habitat to pipits and wagtails," he said. DNA reveals bird shift surprise 2015-03-05T05:00:00Z Pipit, pip′it, n. a genus of birds resembling larks in plumage and wagtails in habits, the most common British species being the titlark. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) 2012-01-30T03:00:13.887Z Starlings and smart wagtails were running briskly over the clods, and many little birds flashed, fluttered, hopped here and there. The White Peacock 2012-01-14T03:00:21.627Z But Mother Cuckoo is a knowing old bird; she finds a nest nicely hidden—it may be a robin’s, it may be a tit-lark’s, or a water wagtail’s—and then a conversation begins at once. Shireen and her Friends Pages from the Life of a Persian Cat 2011-12-08T03:00:24.107Z Our British Cuckoo deposits its eggs singly in the nests of hedge-sparrow, warbler, wagtail, or other small bird—it is not particular which. Wild Spain (Espa?a agreste) Records of Sport with Rifle, Rod, and Gun, Natural History Exploration 2011-12-05T03:00:38.980Z The sun-bright eyes of her fair face Are tricked with sūrm— Restless wagtails on a golden lotus, At play with pitch-black snakes. Vidy?pati: Bang?ya pad?bali; songs of the love of R?dh? and Krishna 2011-12-02T03:00:26.297Z The nest of the Hedge-sparrow seems to be the one most often selected, though that of the wagtail is sometimes chosen. Natural History in Anecdote Illustrating the nature, habits, manners and customs of animals, birds, fishes, reptiles, etc., etc., etc. 2011-11-12T03:00:32.773Z We are to the robin what the cow is to the wagtail and the sheep to the starling—a food finder. Birds and Man 2011-10-20T02:00:25.513Z "It's all very well for a wagtail like you—but for a Cuckoo with a soul above it—especially with a fine, well-trained voice!" The Rainbow Book Tales of Fun & Fancy 2011-09-18T02:00:22.467Z On the 14th of September they saw a heron and a water wagtail, which very much surprised them, as they were the first birds they had seen. The Boy's Book of Heroes 2011-09-06T02:00:10.323Z Above them sat a tranquil parrot: Over him twin restless wagtails. Vidy?pati: Bang?ya pad?bali; songs of the love of R?dh? and Krishna 2011-12-02T03:00:26.297Z A wagtail came and ran along the edge of the sand so near that with his rod he could have reached it. Bevis The Story of a Boy 2011-08-13T02:00:28.377Z It also occurred to me at the time that, alone on a desert island, I should be better off with ravens than wagtails for companions; and this for an excellent reason. Birds and Man 2011-10-20T02:00:25.513Z Was there any kind of feeling that this particular wagtail was more likely to take care of the offspring than others? Wild Life in a Southern County 2011-08-04T02:00:27.037Z This is the case with some of the closely-allied Indian wagtails or Motacillæ. The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex Volume II (1st Edition) 2011-06-27T02:01:01.007Z Why be teased with “nice-eyed wagtails,” when we have in sight “the Cherub Contemplation”? Letters of John Keats to His Family and Friends 2011-03-30T02:00:14.620Z Mark half opened his eyes, and thought the wagtail’s tiny legs were no thicker than one of Frances’s hair-pins. Bevis The Story of a Boy 2011-08-13T02:00:28.377Z It is common to see wagtails and other species attending cattle in the pastures, and keeping close to their noses, on the look-out for the small insects driven from hiding in the grass. Birds and Man 2011-10-20T02:00:25.513Z On another occasion a cuckoo used a wagtail’s nest in a different part of the garden here—in some ivy that had grown round the decaying stump of an old fir tree. Wild Life in a Southern County 2011-08-04T02:00:27.037Z She was more than a farmer's daughter, he was thinking, as instinctively he transferred to her all the yearning, airy passion he had put into his search for the yellow wagtail. The Promise of Air 2011-02-02T03:00:23.997Z Here I see Arctic tern from Antarctica, dunlin from Asia, bar-tailed godwits from Australia, yellow wagtails from Africa, and so on. Mating Bears and a Wolverine Sighting 2010-06-22T20:59:00Z “And a wagtail was in the court yesterday.” Bevis The Story of a Boy 2011-08-13T02:00:28.377Z 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. Birds and Man 2011-10-20T02:00:25.513Z Now, no argument will ever convince me that the robin or the wagtail, or any other bird in whose nest the cuckoo lays its egg, can ever confound the intruding progeny with its own offspring. Wild Life in a Southern County 2011-08-04T02:00:27.037Z His hearing was abnormally acute when this bird-mood took him, for the tapping tread of a wagtail on the bank had made itself distinctly heard. The Promise of Air 2011-02-02T03:00:23.997Z Typical victims are small birds like reed warblers and wagtails. Cuckoo! Cuckoo! 2010-06-02T15:41:00Z Jerking his tail the wagtail entered the still water up to the joints of his slender limbs, then came out, and ran along again. Bevis The Story of a Boy 2011-08-13T02:00:28.377Z The swallow's song is familiar to every one, but that of the wagtail is not well known. Birds and Man 2011-10-20T02:00:25.513Z The wagtail wades into the water and stands there. Wild Life in a Southern County 2011-08-04T02:00:27.037Z Another wagtail, but this time yellow, marvellous as a dream, came pricking into view. The Promise of Air 2011-02-02T03:00:23.997Z The society says that it is being inundated with calls from the public, who are reporting unusual visitors to bird feeders in gardens - including woodcock, snipe and grey wagtails. 2010-01-08T16:36:00Z The movement of her finely formed feet, always encased in well-made boots of black cloth, with a rather thick sole, reminded you of the quick, pretty, and cautious tread of the quail or wagtail. The Mysteries of Paris, Volume 2 of 6 It would be hard for such a wagtail to be compelled to limp about, or to sit still. The Children of the World An old Swedish proverb tells us that “when you see the white wagtail you may turn your sheep into the fields; and when you see the wheatear you may sow your grain.” Springtime and Other Essays The wagtail at last shot headlong past a clump of bramble-bushes, and Wimble, arriving also headlong, saw to his amazement that the yellow of its breast remained on the branches as though caught and fixed. The Promise of Air 2011-02-02T03:00:23.997Z The greater number of birds belong to the order Passeres; starlings, weavers and larks are very common, the Cape canary, long-tailed sugar bird, pipits and wagtails are fairly numerous. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 2 "Camorra" to "Cape Colony" With other vines rubbed over with bird-lime she caught some young parrots and wagtails, whose wing feathers she chopped off with her bill-hook. My Dark Companions And Their Strange Stories Life histories of North American wagtails, shrikes, vireos and their allies. Natural History of the Bell Vireo, Vireo bellii Audubon Beneath, where there are a few inches of sand beside the water, a wagtail comes now and then; but the robin does not like the intrusion, and drives him away. The Hills and the Vale The careless gesture reminded him of the matchless grace of the wagtail. The Promise of Air 2011-02-02T03:00:23.997Z "Oh, there you are, little wagtail," said he. Ditte: Girl Alive! His movements are very characteristic, especially that vertical, oscillating movement of the hind part of his body, like that of the wagtails. A Year in the Fields Woodpeckers are busy among the tree-trunks, sharing their spoil of insects with the lizards and the tree-frogs, and among the lesser growths tits, finches, and wagtails rear their young broods. Burma Peeps at Many Lands Brown thrushes, dark blackbird, blue tit, and wagtail gave a little colour to the angle of the meadow. The Hills and the Vale The game of the yellow wagtail chase was kept up between them. The Promise of Air 2011-02-02T03:00:23.997Z Next day a water wagtail is seen, betokening an approach to land. Little Masterpieces of Science: Explorers It was on this bridge that Izanagi and Izanami were standing when they saw a pair of wagtails cooing and billing sweetly together. Japanese Fairy World Stories from the Wonder-Lore of Japan Little wagtails ran nimbly about the lawn uttering their shrill “quit, quit,” and catching as they ran the gnats and other insects. What the Blackbird said A story in four chirps The next field had just been manured, and he stopped to glance at the crowds of small birds which were looking over the straw—finches and sparrows, and the bluish grey of pied wagtails. The Hills and the Vale Sometimes, little fish vanished before they had become real, like hallucinations, sometimes wagtails ran by the water's brink, sometimes other little birds came to drink. The Rainbow They again observed a water wagtail, “which does not sleep at sea.” Little Masterpieces of Science: Explorers Nightingales arrive early in April; wagtails, turtle doves, and cuckoos come late in April; woodcock come in the autumn, and redpoles and fieldfares also come here for the winter. Scouting For Girls, Official Handbook of the Girl Scouts But the most celebrated of the warblers in this regard is the golden-crowned thrush, otherwise called the oven-bird and the wood wagtail. Birds in the Bush Only that morning, as we rode along, we saw several pairs of whinchats, any number of crested larks, some plover, pied and grey wagtails, starlings, and a sand-martin. In the Tail of the Peacock Rarely, or never, does he expend powder and shot on the swallow, the wagtail, the tomtit, the starling, the thrush, the blackbird, the wren, the robin, or any of the grub and fly-feeders. The Ocean Waifs A Story of Adventure on Land and Sea Let us trace his early life history, and to begin with, peep into, say, a wagtail's nest. Little Folks (July 1884) A Magazine for the Young Grey and yellow wagtails run along the verge. The Toilers of the Field I must have been the veriest churl not to wish him his pick of all the feminine wagtails in the wood. Birds in the Bush A wagtail bobbing in the shallows fled into the waste. Uncanny Tales He was amazed at the quantity of birds that he met with—thrushes, wagtails, warblers, chifchaffs, fieldfares, and red-poles rose at every step. Condemned as a Nihilist A Story of Escape from Siberia It begins by edging the wee wagtails to the side of the nest and then turning them out one by one. Little Folks (July 1884) A Magazine for the Young But under his distracted heart there was a little chick of frightened joy, like a young cuckoo hatched in a wagtail's nest. The Manxman A Novel - 1895 He was of a sober grey colour, somewhat of the wagtail shape, with long black legs, and claws of a dirty hue; and was altogether an ill-favoured bird, not any better-looking than a common house-sparrow. The Desert Home The Adventures of a Lost Family in the Wilderness The wagtail is called in French lavandière, laundress, from the up and down motion of its tail suggesting the washerwoman's beetle, and bergeronnette, little shepherdess, from its habit of following the sheep. The Romance of Words (4th ed.) In this respect it resembles the nimble wagtails. Birds of the Indian Hills James, needless to say, flittered and hurried hither and thither around the audience and the stage, like a wagtail on the brink of a pool. The Lost Girl If I pass them close, or any man, like sharp, slim wagtails they flash a little aside pretending to avoid us; yet all the time calculating. Look! We Have Come Through! Besides these, there were the wagtails, the black and white widow finches, the hang-nests, or Japé, as they are called here, with their pendent bag-like dwellings, and the familiar "Bem ti vi." The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 105, July 1866 The lapse is especially noticeable among such birds as build in hollow trees and boxes, as the woodpeckers and wagtails. My Studio Neighbors He pursues the elusive insect in much the same way as a wagtail does, calling his wings to his assistance when chasing a particularly nimble creature. Birds of the Indian Hills I have seen them very little larger than the wagtail’s with which they were placed. Nat the Naturalist A Boy's Adventures in the Eastern Seas I look at them as they dart and flash before the shops, like wagtails on the edge of a pool. Look! We Have Come Through! “But I shouldn’t be such a round, rough, clay-tod as you are, old no-neck,” said the wagtail, ruffling his feathers up at the very idea of getting them damp. Featherland How the Birds lived at Greenlawn It is in this action that he is put among the motacillae, or wagtails; but the ornithologists have no real business to put him among them. Love's Meinie Three Lectures on Greek and English Birds I was on the point of calling it a glorified wagtail, but I refrain. Birds of the Indian Hills Most small birds hop; but wagtails and larks walk moving their legs alternately. The Natural History of Selborne, Vol. 2 When redstarts shake their tails they move them horizontally, as dogs do when they fawn: the tail of a wagtail, when in motion, bobs up and down like that of a jaded horse. The Natural History of Selborne, Vol. 1 “You don’t say so?” said the wagtail, who had not the least idea what a tadpole was, unless it was the pole the gardener used to pull the weeds out of the pond with. Featherland How the Birds lived at Greenlawn The swing of the long tail feathers in the true wagtail is entirely consequent on its motion, not impulsive of it—the tremulous shake is after alighting. Love's Meinie Three Lectures on Greek and English Birds The forktail, however, has many of the habits of the true wagtail. Birds of the Indian Hills Like other criminals they were very superstitious, and Colonel Tod records that the partridge and the maloli or wagtail were their chief birds of omen. The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India - Volume IV of IV Kumhar-Yemkala All the species of wagtails in severe weather haunt shallow streams near their spring-heads, where they never freeze, and, by wading, pick out the aurelias of the genus of Phryganeæ, etc. The Natural History of Selborne, Vol. 1 “Of course not; I see,” said the wagtail. Featherland How the Birds lived at Greenlawn A great many creatures capture or captivate their mates by singing.—These are usually, but not always, birds, and include wily wagtails, larks, canary birds and the crested earwig. Here are Ladies Surely it is impossible to improve upon a wagtail. Birds of the Indian Hills But she did not say anything, for it was quite clear in her little mind that Blackfellows, kangaroos, and willy wagtails had a very poor opinion of white people. Dot and the Kangaroo The Wartons saw that more liberty of imagination was wanted, and that the Muse was not born to skim the meadows, in short low flights, like a wagtail. Some Diversions of a Man of Letters “Here; running away with your fish by the dozen,” said the wagtail. Featherland How the Birds lived at Greenlawn Along the shelving sandy shore the wagtails run, both the pied and the yellow, but few birds come here to wash; for that purpose they prefer a running stream if it be accessible. Nature Near London Forktails continually wag the tail, just as wagtails do, but not with quite the same vigour, possibly because there is so much more to wag! Birds of the Indian Hills Afterwards he would return to his post as calm and cool as if he had done nothing surprising, and say "Pretty pretty Chip-pi-ti-chip!" that name meaning the other wagtail. Dot and the Kangaroo Ioras, pied wagtails, pied chats, and wood-shrikes continue to contribute their not unworthy items to the minstrelsy of the Indian countryside. A Bird Calendar for Northern India White wagtails appeared in great numbers a few weeks ago, and sand-grouse are reported in vast numbers further north. Letters from Mesopotamia in 1915 and January, 1916, from Robert Palmer, who was killed in the Battle of Um El Hannah, June 21, 1916, aged 27 years Whenever a wagtail dares to come to this sand the robin immediately appears and drives him away. Nature Near London Like wagtails, they do not object to their feet being wet, indeed they love to stand in running water. Birds of the Indian Hills A wagtail dam refused its young a caterpillar till it had been killed—she ran away from it, but then gave it when ready to be swallowed. The Last Journals of David Livingstone, in Central Africa, from 1865 to His Death, Volume II (of 2), 1869-1873 Continued By A Narrative Of His Last Moments And Sufferings, Obtained From His Faithful Servants Chuma And Susi Hume records a case of a pair of pied wagtails nesting in a ferry-boat. A Bird Calendar for Northern India The wagtails build in the thatch of the huts; they are busy, and men and other animals are active in the same way. The Last Journals of David Livingstone, in Central Africa, from 1865 to His Death, Volume I (of 2), 1866-1868 There were two or more magpies among the sheep every day: magpies, starlings, rooks, crows, and wagtails follow sheep about. Nature Near London They have the wagtail trick of wagging the tail, but they perform the action in a half-hearted manner. Birds of the Indian Hills The letter a, the eagle, circles overhead; the sign ur, the wagtail, flits at the roadside, chirping at the sign rekh, the peewit. The Treasury of Ancient Egypt Miscellaneous Chapters on Ancient Egyptian History and Archaeology It is good to ride forth on an October morn with the object of renewing acquaintance with nimble wagtails, sprightly redstarts, stately demoiselle cranes and other newly-returned migrants. A Bird Calendar for Northern India The black and white, and the brownish-grey water wagtails are remarkably tame. The Last Journals of David Livingstone, in Central Africa, from 1865 to His Death, Volume I (of 2), 1866-1868 My dear Violet,—In your previous letter you asked me the conundrum, Why does a wagtail wag its tail? Alfred Russel Wallace: Letters and Reminiscences, Vol. 2 A few wagtails, however, tarry in the hills till quite late in the season. Birds of the Indian Hills Artificial language of turkies, hens, ducklings, wagtails, cuckoos, rabbits, dogs, and nightingales. Zoonomia, Vol. I Or, the Laws of Organic Life By the middle of the month the pied wagtails and pied bush chats are in full song. A Bird Calendar for Northern India The land-birds, tits and warblers, come down to the very edge to drink; but none of them—unless it be the wagtail—will trespass on the beach below. The White Wolf and Other Fireside Tales In my walks and excursions I saw some hawks, parrots which are natives of the island, the sea-swallow or tern, sea-gulls, partridges, wagtails, swallows, martins, blackbirds, and Canary-birds in large flocks. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 15 Forming A Complete History Of The Origin And Progress Of Navigation, Discovery, And Commerce, By Sea And Land, From The Earliest Ages To The Present Time This forktail is a trifle larger than a wagtail, and its tail is over 6 inches in length. Birds of the Indian Hills But just then all the wagtails came again and lighted on his head and shoulders, for they were not at all afraid of him. Invisible Links Before September is half over the migratory wagtails begin to appear. A Bird Calendar for Northern India Where there is a ledge of mud and sand the yellow wagtail runs; he stands on a stone and jerks his tail. The Amateur Poacher We always answer at random and say it's a wagtail or a flowering shrike or a female magnolia. Mince Pie These display the elegant form of the wagtail and the sober colouring of the lark. Birds of the Indian Hills The little wagtails built and shaped busily all day, and the work progressed rapidly. Invisible Links On the lawn wagtails run nimbly in search of tiny insects, hoopoes probe the earth for grubs, mynas strut about, in company with king-crows and starlings, seeking for grasshoppers. A Bird Calendar for Northern India It was surrounded by old red walls that held the dropping sun, and it was full of droning bees, and wagtails stepping daintily over the lawns. Lady Connie I love you as the dragon-flies do, as the wagtails do, as the water voles do; I am you and you are me. The Waters of Edera The name is not a particularly good one, because wagtails proper occur in the Himalayas. Birds of the Indian Hills A pair of wagtails, which used to make their nest in the top of the willow's trunk among the sprouting branches, had intended to begin their building that very day. Invisible Links In the case of the redstart, the bush-chat, most of the wagtails, and some other species, the moult completely changes the colouring of the bird. A Bird Calendar for Northern India A scarcely less pretty bird that one sees flying across the road now and then with cries of alarm is the grey wagtail. The Pleasures of Ignorance As these two divine beings were standing upon the floating bridge of heaven, two wagtails came; and the gods, watching the amorous dalliance of the two birds, invented the art of love. Tales of Old Japan The pipits are members of the wagtail family. Birds of the Indian Hills One of the wagtails was working inside the nest to push the young ones out to the edge, while the other flew about, showing them how easy it was, if they only dared to try. Invisible Links The wagtail perching on a reed scarcely bends it, and, flying away, crosses the ocean. The Man Who Laughs The grey wagtail, you probably know, is the wagtail that is not grey. The Pleasures of Ignorance He did not hear her barefooted approach, being absorbed in the movements of a wagtail that had come down to the pebbly spit for its bath; and Tilda started scolding forthwith. True Tilda They have not the lively colouring of the wagtails, being clothed, like skylarks, in homely brown, spotted or streaked with dark brown or black. Birds of the Indian Hills Then the wagtails began to build again, without troubling themselves any more about nature's many wonders. Invisible Links High in the sky flew the vultures, bearded and unbearded, and amid the clouds of white vapor we left behind us were many crows and pigeons and turtledoves and wagtails. The Adventures of a Special Correspondent To see a wagtail in a dream, foretells that you will be the victim of unpleasant gossip, and your affairs will develop unmistakable loss. Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted, or what's in a dream: a scientific and practical exposition Yea, sir, it is a fellow that never fails: But canst get my master a dish of quails, Small birds, swallows, or wagtails, They be light of digestion? A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 1 Little trotty wagtail, he waddled in the mud, And left his little footmarks, trample where he would. Poems Chiefly from Manuscript He had thought out the meaning of the wagtails building in his hand. Invisible Links First came all the small birds in the immediate neighbourhood—robin, dunnock, wagtail, chaffinch, throstle, blackbird, and blue and ox-eye tits. Birds in Town and Village After this the game was frequently played, but the magpie had invariably to make it worth the while of the wagtail by offering a prize in the shape of some tit-bit. My Tropic Isle She watched the wagtails strut magisterially, the moorhens with the worried air of overworked charwomen, all the mysterious evening life of a summer pool, but she had no smile for them to-day. Gone to Earth The wagtails appear to be the first of the migrant birds to return, long before the hail of April rattles against the windows and leaps up in the short grass. Field and Hedgerow Being the Last Essays of Richard Jefferies They brought the finest cotton-grass, and the female wagtail took feathers from her own breast and lined the nest. Invisible Links The ceaseless wagging of a wagtail is a mere habit of cheerfulness, like the twirling of her thumbs by an idle Scotswoman. Concerning Animals and Other Matters Envious of the dainty, the wagtail fluttered and skipped about the magpie with cheerful chatter; but the fluttering moth, daintily held by the extremity of its body, was alternately presented and denied. My Tropic Isle She watched the grey wagtails, neat and trim in person, but wild in bearing, racing across the wet gravel like intoxicated Sunday-school teachers. Gone to Earth Far back in the snow-time a pair of wagtails used to come several times a day close to the windows, their black markings showing up singularly well against the snow on the ground. Field and Hedgerow Being the Last Essays of Richard Jefferies When the morning came, the wagtails believed at first that the events of the day before had been a beautiful dream. Invisible Links "Look at those wagtails!" rang out in the mist. The Wonderful Adventures of Nils A wanton woman is the figure of imperfection; in nature an ape, in quality a wagtail, in countenance a witch, and in condition a kind of devil. Character Writings of the 17th Century He saw her slip into the rich gown and pose delightedly, mincing to and fro like a wagtail. Gone to Earth The jackal said to the fox: "Swear to me that the wagtail owes me a pound of butter." Moorish Literature Something in the style of the birds recalls the wagtail, though they are so much larger. The Open Air The movement of her pretty little feet, incased in faultless boots of black cloth, with a rather stout sole, reminded you of the quick, pretty, and cautious tread of the quail or wagtail. Mysteries of Paris — Volume 02 One grew up in a wagtail’s nest in the flints that were built into the wall of Otterbourne Churchyard. John Keble's Parishes Some of the labouring people who work by the numerous streamlets say that the wagtail dives, goes right under water like a diver now and then—a circumstance I have not noticed myself. The Life of the Fields At the time when all the animals spoke, a wagtail laid her eggs on the ground. Moorish Literature All around it, the calm waters of the great river play peacefully amongst the reeds, and the wagtails flutter over the moist crests of the stones. The Extraordinary Adventures of Arsene Lupin, Gentleman-Burglar The Tramp picked the small feather from his beard—apparently a water- wagtail's—and appeared to reflect a moment. The Extra Day Hither and thither flit the wagtails, finding little half-uncovered stones in the current to perch upon. Afoot in England She went on very amusingly to say that he reminded her of a wagtail, tripping along with very short steps, and only saved by adroitness from overbalancing. Watersprings The hens were pecking round it, some chickens were balanced on the drinking trough, wagtails flew away in among trucks, from the water. Women in Love Presently little Deereeree, the wagtail, and Burreenjin, the peewee, who were on the bank sitting on a stump, called out, "Look out, we saw the back of an alligator in the water." Australian Legendary Tales: folklore of the Noongahburrahs as told to the Piccaninnies He waved the little wagtail's feather before their eyes. The Extra Day It would seem quite natural to call the wagtail "lady-bird," if that name had not been registered by a diminutive podgy tortoise-shaped black and red beetle. Afoot in England A pair of yellow wagtails arrived and played at hide-and-seek among the stuccoed pillars. Huntingtower But she did not say anything, for it was quite clear in her little mind that black fellows, Kangaroos, and willy wagtails had a very poor opinion of white people. Dot and the Kangaroo The wagtails, on the contrary, are tame and confiding throughout all places, whether civilised or savage. Wild Beasts and Their Ways, Reminiscences of Europe, Asia, Africa and America — Volume 1 Into the parrots, into the thrush, do we put thy jaundice, and, furthermore, into the yellow wagtail do we put thy jaundice.” The Golden Bough Like the wagtails, she looked in harmony with her surroundings. Afoot in England A baby watched a ford, whereto A wagtail came for drinking; A blaring bull went wading through, The wagtail showed no shrinking. Time's Laughingstocks and Other Verses Dot glanced through the branches, and saw two wagtails, who looked very smart with their black coats and white waistcoats, sitting on two posts of a fence a little way off. Dot and the Kangaroo And in the autumn to see them return, grey goose, starling, wagtail, and all the rest. The Great Hunger Haze clung over the river and the woods beyond; the lawn sparkled with dew, and two wagtails strutted in the dewy sunshine. Saint's Progress The poor magpies found their long tails very much against them in the scramble, and it was even worse with the pied wagtail. Afoot in England Next saw the baby round the spot A mongrel slowly slinking; The wagtail gazed, but faltered not In dip and sip and prinking. Time's Laughingstocks and Other Verses Afterwards he would return to his post as calm and cool as if he had done nothing surprising and say "Pretty pretty Chip-pi-ti-chip!" that name meaning the other wagtail. Dot and the Kangaroo All at once he turned round to Claude with the agile quickness of a wagtail. Notre-Dame De Paris When red-starts shake their tails they move them horizontally, as dogs do when they fawn: the tail of a wagtail, when in motion, bobs up and down like that of a jaded horse. The Natural History of Selborne 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. Afoot in England A perfect gentleman then neared; The wagtail, in a winking, With terror rose and disappeared; The baby fell a-thinking. Time's Laughingstocks and Other Verses All the species of wagtails in severe weather haunt shallow streams near their spring-heads, where they never freeze; and, by wading, pick out the aurelias of the genus of Phryganeae,* etc. The Natural History of Selborne |
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