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GREY WAGTAIL. 
WINTER WAGTAIL. YELLOW WAGTAIL. 
PLATE LXV. - 
Motacilla sulphurea, TR : BECHSTEIN. 
Motacilla cinerea, : , : . Ray. 
Motacilla boarula, : , : Pennant. Montacv. 
Motacilla melanopa, . 5 : . GMELIN. 
THE nest is generally placed on the ground, among 
grass or stones, in the hollow of a bank or rock, usually 
near the borders of a stream, but not always, for it 
has sometimes been met with at a distance from water. 
One pair has been known to build in a spout, and the 
following year on a shelf in an outhouse, to which a 
broken pane of glass gave them ingress; and again, on 
the window sill of a dairy, near the previous one. 
Another pair built their nest between the “switches” 
of a railway, within two or three inches of every train 
that passed. It is formed of small fibres and roots, moss 
and grass, and is lined with wool, hair, or feathers. 
The eggs are from five to six, or even eight in 
number, greyish or yellowish white, mottled with light 
brown and grey. They vary in depth of colouring, 
some being nearly cream white, and others nearly pale 
yellowish brown: they are of a short oval shape. 
