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found, what he was certain, after days of 
watching with a stalking glass, was a 
Blue-headed Wagtail’s nest. He says he 
might have shot the bird, but, having 
satisfied himself of its identity, he didn’t 
eare to. I have, myself, no doubt that 
I saw one last spring, on the slates close 
by my smoke-room window, and as there 
was only a yard between us, I had an 
excellent opportunity of observing it 
carefully. It was an old male in 
splendid plumage, and it stopped some 
time before it flew away. I never saw 
it afterwards. 
MEADOW PIPIT, Axthus pratensis. 
Now abundant in the county. Welsh, 
Pibganwr y ddol. 
TREE PIPIT, Azxthus arboreus. 
Now common. Both those last named 
birds have increased of late years in a 
marvellous way. The Welsh for Tree 
Pipit is Pibganwr y coed. 
SKY LARK, Alauda arvensis. 
Common. Occasionally a small flock 
