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panes of glass above the said door being broken, they 

 changed their old situation, being determined to try an 

 indoor residence. They accordingly flew in by the window, 

 and built their nest on a shelf, where they brought forth 

 five young. They made a second nest on the window-sill 

 of the dairy, a few yards from the former one, and what 

 is remarkable, their nests were about two hundred yards 

 from Balbardie Lough, or the nearest place where there 

 is water.' 



After the breeding season, great numbers of these birds 

 are seen at the mouths of rivers, especially in marshy 

 places to which the tide has access. About the middle of 

 spring they disperse in pairs, and are then met with along 

 the streams and brooks near which they build ; they have 

 no song, but emit a few shrill and feeble notes. Such is 

 Macgillivray's testimony ^ Bechstein says, that although the 

 song consists of but two notes, yet its clear round tones 

 render it not unpleasant. 



GREY-HEADED WAGTAIL. 



THE GREY-HEADED WAGTAIL {Motacilla flava). This 

 bird appears to be identical with the BLUE -HEADED 

 QUAKETAIL of Macgillivray, whose restricted genus contains 

 this and another species, presently to be described. Gould 

 called the bird Motacilla neglecta, under the impression 



