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dark lead-grey. In the autumn and winter both the 
adult male and female have the back and rest of the 
upper parts grey, and the throat and under parts 
white, except a black crescent on the breast. The 
young bird of the year has the head, neck, back and 
scapulars grey; cheeks and ear-coverts white, tinged 
with grey; chin and throat white; sides of the neck 
and breast dark grey, almost black; flanks grey; 
primary and secondary quills smoke-grey; the rest 
of the plumage nearly the same as the adult. 
The egg is much about the size of that of the 
Blackcap: the ground is white, and it is minutely 
speckled all over, but mostly at the thick end, with 
two shades of dark grey. 
Grey Waaerain, Motacilla boarula. This, the 
handsomest of all our Wagtails, is by no means so 
common in these parts as the last species: it is, 
however, resident with us throughout the year, 
although it is said by some authors to be migra- 
tory, and probably is partially so, going to the more 
northern counties in summer and to the southern in 
winter. Its habits and manners are much the same 
as those of the Pied Wagtail, except that it is de- 
cidedly more aquatic, seldom leaving the neighbour- 
hood of water, = -—~< 
The food of the Grey Wagtail consists of in- 
sects, flies, small water beetles and the small Mol- 
lusca that may be found in its favourite watery 
resorts. 
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