单词 | blue-headed wagtail |
释义 | > as lemmasblue-headed wagtail blue-headed wagtail n. a yellow wagtail of the subspecies Motacilla flava flava, which has a bluish-grey head with a white eyestripe, and is the usual form in most of Europe. ΚΠ 1832 Proc. Comm. Sci. & Corr. Zool. Soc. London 2 xx. 129 The differences..do not depend upon season; there being on the table specimens of Mot. neglecta, the blue-headed Wagtail, from Sweden and Paris. 1908 Ann. Sc. Nat. Hist. 17 253 It may interest ornithologists to hear that a pair of Blue-headed Wagtails (Motacilla flava) frequented some links not far from Aberdeen, this summer. 1998 S. Moss Attracting Birds to your Garden 105/2 (caption) The continental race of the species is known as Blue-headed Wagtail, due to its distinctive bluish-grey head pattern. < as lemmas |
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