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  1. Slim narrow-billed bird Motacilla, about 18
  2. cm/7 in long, with a characteristic flicking
  3. movement of the tail. There are about 30
  4. species, found mostly in Eurasia and Africa.
  5. British species include the pied wagtail
  6. Motacilla alba with black, grey, and white
  7. plumage, the grey wagtail Motacilla cinerae,
  8. and, a summer visitor, the yellow wagtail
  9. Motacilla flava.
  10.