158 CATALOGUE OF BIRDS. 



"holes under eaves of cottages and other buildings, 

 in church towers, crevices in sea cliffs, quarries, 

 chalk-pits, and hollow trees, to which it returns 

 year after year" (H.S.). 



Only two eggs are laid, white in colour ; and a 

 single brood is reared. The parents with their 

 young leave us about the end of August to the 

 beginning of September. This species is found " in 

 Scandinavia up to 70 deg. northern latitude. In 

 Russia as far as Archangel ; in Siberia it has 

 occurred at Omsk, and breeds regularly in Mon- 

 golia, Northern China, and Asia, generally to the 

 north of the Himalayas and other great ranges" 

 (H.S.). 



The specimens in the case were shot in Radnor- 

 shire. 



THE GREY WAGTAIL. 

 Order, Passeres. Fmnily^ Moioxillidcs. 



This species is dealt with elsewhere, in Case 27 

 page 135- 



CASE 30. 



MEADOW, TREE, AxND ROCK-PIPITS. 

 Order, Passeres. Family, Motacillid<2. 



Meadow-Pipit. 

 This species, commonly known as ''Titlark," is 

 widely distributed over the British Islands all the 



