YELLOW WAGTAIL. 
RAY’S WAGTAIL. 
PLATE LXVI.—FIG. II. 
Motacilla flava, : : Prennant.- Montaau. 
Budytes Rayi, . 5 . Prince or Musicnano. Meyer. 
THE nest is placed on the ground, or near it on 
the stump of a tree, and is compacted of dry stalks 
and fibres, and lined with hair. Meyer describes one 
made of moss, with a few tufts of grass outside, and 
a few horse-hairs within. 
The eggs, four or five, or six in number, are pale 
brown, or greenish white, sprinkled all over with a 
darker shade, in some very obscurely, of grey, or pale 
rufous, or yellowish brown; some specimens are nearly 
pale dull yellow, slightly marbled over; these are said 
to be smaller in size. ‘They are of a rather long oval 
form. The young birds are able to fly about the end 
of May. 
