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GREY-HEADED WAGTAIL. 



BLUE-HEADED WAGTAIL. YELLOW WAGTAIL. 



PLATE LXVI. — EIG. I. 



Motacilla neglecta, . . . Gould. Jentks. 

 Motacilla flava, .... Linn^us. Temminck. 

 Budytes Jlava, .... Pkince of Musignano. 



The nest is generally placed on the ground in holes 

 or hollows, especially in marshy or moist places, and 

 among the projecting roots of trees; also, it is said, in 

 fields and meadows. It is formed of grass, moss, or 

 heath, lined with finer portions of the former materials, 

 and hair. 



The eggs are about six in number, whitish in colour, 

 mottled nearly all over Avith yellowish brown and grey. 



The engraving is from a drawing of an egg in Mr. 

 Birkbeck's collection. 



