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LAKES AND RIVERS 



the eye is white, and the chin white ; the tail-feathers 

 are a good deal alike, but the six central feathers of 

 the latter are black. Ray's Wagtail (M. campestris) 

 is a summer visitant to this country. Its nest is 

 usually made in a hole in the ground, but is so carefully 

 hid that it is seldom taken. These wagtails are not 

 uncommon in Middlesex, but the Gray-headed Wag- 



THE YELLOW WAGTAIL. 



tail is very uncommon ; it is mentioned as a British 

 species by Mr. Yarrell, and quoted in Harting's 

 " Birds of Middlesex/' The Pied Wi^uil (M. Yar- 

 relii) builds in walls, bridges, and on the banks of 

 rivers. Mr. Yarrell says it frequently builds in a 

 woodstack or hayrick ; and Mr. Jesse mentions a case 

 in which it built in a brazier's workshop, and, notwith- 



