DIPPER GREY WAGTAIL PIED WAGTAIL. 



are very fond of it too, so it does not generally last very 

 long. Some people hang up a bone with a little meat on it, 

 which pleases the Titmice very well, but is not so elegant. 



Both sorts of Wagtails come much about the windows and 

 roof of Roshven in autumn, seeking for the flies that are 

 beginning to look out for their winter quarters. While sailing 

 in the Mediterranean one stormy day in the month of April, a 

 bird very like the Grey Wagtail came on board. I tried to 

 make a drawing of it, but the steamer (a very long and narrow 

 screw) was rolling so violently I could not make the drawing 

 sufficiently accurate to identify it by. 



The Pied Wagtail has the rather poetic name of " The Seed 

 Lady " among the Catholic peasantry of Braemar. It is supposed 

 to be sent by the Virgin Mary in spring to let them know the 

 proper time to sow the seed. 



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