134 CATALOGUE OF BIRDS. 



more than a pair or two will be met with after 

 2 o'clock in the day, the whole of the birds of 

 passage having made their way inland." 



Howard Saunders says : " These birds are gener- 

 ally distributed in England, ranging to the north 

 of Scotland, where they breed, and on the approach 

 of winter that there is a greneral movement all 

 along the line in a southerly direction." The nest 

 is made in such places as holes in banks, walls, 

 crevices, roofs of buildings, etc., and is constructed 

 of dry grass, moss, roots, etc., with a lining of hair 

 and feathers. Number of eggs — four to six, colour, 

 white, spotted with brown. 



The specimens in the case, with one exception, 

 were obtained in the pasture-lands near Barmouth, 

 in the winter of 1906, clearly showing that these birds 

 intended remaining with us. 



The Pied Wagtail is a very noticeable and 

 familiar object running about on our English lawns, 

 especially where the grass is well kept. It also is 

 amazingly fond of the companionship of cattle, who 

 don't seem in the least to mind these little birds run- 

 ning about all over their bodies in search of 

 insects, etc. It used to interest and amuse me very 

 much to watch them. 



This bird occurs in western Europe, but the 

 White Wagtail, with which it was at one time 

 confounded, is much more common on the Continent. 



