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made of moss and dry grass, and lined with hair. 
The eggs, commonly six in number, are of a yel- 
lowish grey colour, blotched with a darker shade 
ofthe same hue. Its food consists of insects and 
their larvee. 
WAGTAIL GRE Y-H EA DED. 
3LUE-HEADED WAGTAIL. 
MoractLta FLAVA, Lin. 
This species is generally dispersed over the 
Continent, where the Yellow or Ray’s Wagtail is 
met with. It has been found in several instances 
in England, and once or twice in Scotland. On 
the Continent it inhabits moist meadows and 
the. gravelly edges. of rivers. _ It is common 
over the central parts of Europe, and in Sweden 
and Norway is a summer visitor. It is also in- 
cluded among the Birds of Japan. This species 
makes its nest on the ground in holes, sometimes 
among the roots of trees in corn-fields, and in 
meadows. The female lays about six eggs, very 
like those of Ray’s Wagtail. Its food consists of 
flies, moths, small green ‘caterpillars, Ke. 
