A PIED WAGTAIL IN LONDON 24! 



Blackfriars, and nimbly running about floating 

 masses of ice, I saw a Pied Wagtail, which for 

 some time fed with the Gulls, picking up whatever 

 could be found. Then, leaving its companions, 

 this Wagtail flew on to the mud at low tide and 

 disappeared under Blackfriars Bridge. It is not 



BLACK-HEADED GULLS SITTING. 



often that one sees such a bird in the very heart of 

 London. 



Occasionally one may see some curious things in 

 the streets of a great town. Thus, a butterfly 

 flying g ai ly about Cheapside might seem to be 

 strangely out of place ; but I once saw the Large 

 W T hite there ; and on another occasion I met with 

 the Small White in Paternoster Row. In St. 



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