50 THE BIRDS OF BRECONSHIRE. 
impatient movements, the same quick 
and restless flight, and uttering all the 
while its somewhat weak and plaintive 
note. Although the plumage of the bird 
is very loose, it seems to bear the cold 
here as well as the rest of the Tit family. 
Welsh, Vswidw hir ei gut. 
Of the British species of Wagtails, vzz., 
the Prep WactTaliL, Motacilla VYarrellitz, 
the Grey Wacrait, JZ. sulphurea, and 
the YELLOW WAGTAIL, JZ. Rayz, all are 
very common here. The Usk being a 
good trout river, whenever there is a rise 
of the fly on, the Wagtails may be seen 
in numbers actively running along its 
banks, flying and hovering in the most 
graceful way over the water, and con- 
stantly seizing a fly, whilst the splash 
of the heavy trout, as they, too, take 
their share, complete one of the most 
pleasing pictures of nature. In Welsh 
the Pied Wagtail is Zinszgl y gwys brith ; 
the Grey Wagtail 7izusigl y gwys llwyd ; 
and the Yellow Wagtail Zzusigl y gwys 
melyn. 
BLUE-HEADED WAGTAIL, 
Motacilla flava. 
Capt. Sandeman writes me that he 
