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Yellow Wagtail, vol. i. p. 221. 



In addition to what lias been stated of this bird about Toome, at the 

 north-west of Lough Neagh, it may here be mentioned that Mr. Temple- 

 ton, on the 3rd of June, 1812, saw two of them on the shores of Ram's 

 Island, that from his deseription must have been adult males. They 

 are common iu summer on part of the southern shores of that lake, as 

 first observed by the Rev. G. Robinson, of Tartaraghan rectory. Many 

 were seen by that gentleman, in the summer and autumn of 1849, about 

 Miltown and Maghery ; but none were observed more than about a 

 mile and a half inland from the lake. He has frequently remarked the 

 male bird when approaching the kmale,fanmnff its tail along the ground, 

 like a pigeon. One day in August, eighteen old and young birds were 

 reckoned by him during a drive of two miles along the borders of the 

 lake. Early in Septembej they had all departed. 



Jpril 13, 1850. The Rev. G. Robinson first saw these birds for 

 the season about Lough Neagh, when seven came under his notice as 

 he drove along the road. 



Mai/ 4, 1850. I went, with Mr. J. R. Garrett and Mi-. Darragh, to 

 Mr. Robinson's, that he might accompany us to the wagtails' beat, 

 and on DeiTywarragh island we saw not less than forty of them. 

 In one little piece of pasture three pair appeared within twenty-five 

 yards of each other, and three or four birds were frequently seen only 

 a few feet apart on the ground, or on wing, at the same moment. The 

 places they frequented were various in character. Sometimes they ap- 

 peared about the cattle, close to their heads or feet, but more were seen 

 away from them on the drier pasture. Some were in moist, natural 

 ground, from which many shrubby willows grew spontaneously to the 

 height of about ten feet. On these they often alighted, and frequently 

 rose a short way into the air above them in pursuit of flies. Their 

 attitudes, when they so far expanded the tail as to exhibit the black 

 central and pure white marginal feathers, rendered their appearance 

 very beautiful. They were also seen on tall trees. Some were on 

 the grassy or stony margin of the island, near the edge of the lake. 

 They were everywhere very tame. Their call-note — quite difterent from 

 that of the pied and the grey wagtails — was as described by Yarrell, 

 but occasionally they uttered the one note only. Their nests were 

 said to be often found upon the ground in arable fields. Mr. Robiuson 

 had seen these birds commonly in the fields within a mile of the lake, 



