WAGTAIL
\wˈaɡte͡ɪl], \wˈaɡteɪl], \w_ˈa_ɡ_t_eɪ_l]\
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By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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A small bird, belonging to the genus motacilla, and named from the incessant wagging of its long tail.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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flame-bearer
- One who bears flame or light; name given to members a genus humming birds, from their being furnished with tuft flery crimson-colored feathers round neck like gorget. little flame-bearer inhabits inner side extinct volcano Chiriqui, in Veragua, about 9000 feet above the level of sea. It measures only 1/2 inches length. There are various other species, all tropical American.