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YELLOW WAGTAIL. 



bay's wagtail, 

 plate lxvi. fig. ii. 



Motacilla Jlava, . . Pennant. Montagu. 



Budytes Hayi, . . . Peince of Musignano. 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. 



