CATALOGUE OF BIRDS. 113 



the utmost of her abihty, and occasionally attacking 

 the intruder with the greatest ferocity. 



The male and female in the case were captured in a 

 butterfly net while attempting to defend their young, 

 who were just on the point of leaving the old stump in 

 which they had been hatched. 



The case is copied from a sketch taken from the 

 identical spot in a plantation near Nigg, in the east of 

 Ross-shire, in June, 1869. 



COMMON SANDPIPER.— (Autumn.) 



Case 126. 



The specimens in this case are in the immature 

 plumage, having been obtained just previous to their 

 departure, in August 1874, between Lancing and 

 Shoreham, in Sussex. 



YELLOW WAGTAIL.— (Summer.) 



Case 127. 



I have nowhere met with this bird so plentiful as in 

 Norfolk ; the marshes in the neighbourhood of the 

 broads appearing to be admirably adapted in every 

 respect to their requirements. 



For a day or two on their first arrival in April they 

 may be seen in great numbers on the coast of Sussex, 

 alighting on the freshly- turned land wherever the 

 ploughs are at work, running nimbly over the clods 

 within a yard or two of the teams, searching for insects 

 and other food. 



The specimens in the case were obtained in the, 

 Heigham Marshes, near Yarmouth, in June, 1870. 



