The poor magpies found their long tails very much against them in the scramble, and it was even worse with the pied wagtail.
"Afoot in England"
W.H. Hudson
Once a small bird, a pied wagtail, flew near him, and he begged from it just as he had done from the rooks: the little creature would have run the risk of being itself swallowed had it attempted to deliver a packet of flies into that cavernous mouth.
"Afoot in England"
W.H. Hudson
It's all very well for a wagtail like you-but for a Cuckoo with a soul above it-especially with a fine, well-trained voice!
"The Rainbow Book Tales of Fun & Fancy"
Mabel Henriette Spielmann