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YELLOW WAGTAIL. 



BAY S WAGTAIL. 



PLATE LXVI. PIG. II. 



Motacilla flava, PENNANT. MONTAGU. 



Budytes Rayi, PRINCE OF MUSIGNANO.' METEE. 



THE nest is placed on the ground, or near it on the stump of a tree, 

 and is compacted of dry stalks and fibres, and lined with hair. Meyer 

 describes one made of moss, with a few tufts of grass outside, and a 

 few horse-hairs within. 



The eggs, four or five, or six in number, are pale brown, or greenish 

 white, sprinkled all over with a darker shade, in some very obscurely, 

 of grey, or pale rufous, or yellowish brown; some specimens are nearly 

 pale dull yellow, slightly marbled over; these are said to be smaller in 

 size. They are of a rather long oval form. The young birds are able 

 to fly about the end of May. 



