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WAGTAIL, PIED. 



WATER WAGTAIL, OR DISH-WASHER. 

 MOTACILLA YABBELLII, Gould. 



The Pied Wagtail is a very common and elegant 

 bird, generally distributed in Great Britain and 

 Ireland ; but on the Continent hitherto observed 

 only in the north of France, Sweden, and Norway. 

 It usually frequents the margins of streams, ditches, 

 pools, lakes, &c., but is often seen in dry pastures 

 and stony places. The nest, which is placed by 

 the side of a river or stream, on a rocky bank, in 

 a quarry, among grass, on a heap of stones, or in 

 the hole of a wall, is composed of dry grass, moss, 

 and leaves, and lined with wool and hair, some- 

 times with feathers. The eggs, of which there are 

 five or six, are of a greyish white, spotted with 

 grey and brown. 



WAGTAIL, RAY'S. 



YELLOW WAGTAIL. 

 MOTACILLA FLAVEOLA, Temm. 



This Wagtail is migratory, arriving in England 

 about the end of March, and disappearing in 

 September. As it frequently resorts, 01^ its first 



