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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 

 of the same hue. Its food consists of insects and 

 their larvae. 



WAGTAIL, GREY-HEADED. 

 BLUE-HEADED WAGTAIL. 



MOTACILLA FLAYA, Lin. 



This species is generally dispersed over the 

 Continent, where the Yellow r 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, &.c. 



