motacilla

[Lat.=a water wagtail.] Ornith.: The typical genus of the family Motacil lide (q. v.). Motacilla lugubris (or Yarrellii ) is the Pied Wagtail, M. alba the White, M. boarula the Gray, M. flava the Gray headed, and M. ray i Ray's Wagtail. Sometimes the last two are trans ferred to the genus Budytes. mot-a-çil-li-dæ, s. pl. [Lat. motacill ( a ); fem. pl. adj. suff. -idœ.] Ornith.: A family of pa er i form birds, sub-order Fringilliformes, or of the order In se ores and the sub-order Dent isos tres. The innermost secondaries of the wing are of extreme length, nearly equaling the primaries. In this there is an affinity to the Larks. The Motacillidse include the Wagtails and the Pipits (q. v.). mot-a-çil-li-næ, s . pl . [Lat. motacill ( a ); fem. pl. adj. suff. -inæ.] Ornith.: In some cla ifications a sub-family of Sylvide, co-extensive with the family Motacillidae (q. v.). *mō-ta-tion, s. [Lat. motatio, from moto , fre quent. of moveo =to move.] The act of moving. mō-tăz'-I-lite, s . [MUTAZILITE.]