THE WATER- WAGTAIL. 67 



in our river-side rambles the pied, the white, the yellow, 

 and the grey ; but the pied or black-and-white species is 

 the most familiar, as he runs skipping about, now along the 

 sides of the stream, then on the mass of weeds, or running 

 on the tops of the hatches always moving, always rest- 



THK WATER-WAGTAIL. 



less, but always with an eye on your movements ; bold, 

 but wary. All his world is for him : 



I'm a water-wagtail bold ; 

 All around, and all you see, 

 All the world was made for me.' 



Watch it searching for its food, peering under every 

 stone or leaf; its quivering tail never quiet ; pert and happy 

 all the day long; now up in the air after one of the Ephe- 



