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BRITISH BIRDS 



The top of the head, nape and back are lavender-grey; 

 throat black; eye-streak white; breast, rump and belly, 

 yellow; wings, blackish-grey with yellowish edges to the 

 secondary wing-feathers; the tail is black, but the inner 

 feathers composing it are white; the bill is yellowish in 

 colour, and the legs and feet are greyish-yellow. 



It has bred mules with the Pied Wagtail, and if suitably 

 placed, will breed freely in confinement. 



The Pied Wagtail. 



The Pied Wagtail is the one most commonly met with 

 in Britain, to which country and the Scandinavian Peninsula 

 it was believed by the late John Gould, F.R.S., to be 

 confined. 



It is 7 inches long, 3! inches of which belong to 

 the tail. The bill is dark slate-grey, almost black and 



THE PIED WAGTAIL. 



very sharp at the tip. The forehead, face, a streak down 

 the side of the neck, the lower breast and remaining 

 under parts, as well as the edges of the wing-coverts 

 and the secondaries, are white; and the nape, throat, and 



