white throated sparrow

[ZONOTRICHIA.] white-tincture, subst. A preparation which the alchemists believed would turn any of the baser metals into silver. IMG:content-0861.png:[blocks in formation] *white-upturned, a. Turned up so as to show the white. ( Shakesp .: Romeo and Juliet , ii. 2.) white-vine, s . Bot.: Clematis vitalba . [CLEMATIS, TRAVELER'S JOY (1).] white-vitriol, s. [ZINC-SULPHATE.] white-wagtail, s. Ornith.: Motacilla alba . The beak is broader than in the Pied Wagtail ( M. lugubris , or tyar rellii), and in its summer plumage the White Wagtail has only the throat and head black, while in the Pied Wagtail that color extends over the whole of the head, chest, and neck. white-walled, a. Having white walls. (Byron: Prisoner of Chillon, xiii.)