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fusely lined with black goat’s hair, but that the bird followed the Derbyshire fashion of a final 
lining of white hair. In all the nests I found, the number of eggs was five, the same as with us. 
There were also the same two varieties of colour—one in which the ground-colour was pale grey 
tinged with blue, the other of a warmer tint, more nearly approaching cream-colour ; and many 
of the eggs had also the one or two black streaks at the large end which I have often seen in 
Derbyshire eggs. I have seen the same black hair-like streaks in eggs of the Yellow and the 
Black-headed Yellow Wagtails, to which birds, judging from the eggs, the Grey Wagtail is 
much more nearly allied than it is to the Pied and White Wagtails. I obtained several nests of 
fresh-laid eggs in the middle and end of May; but these appeared to be second broods, as I shot 
several young birds of the year. Dr. Kriiper told me that the migrations of the Grey Wagtail 
in Greece are similar to those of our English birds. In summer it frequents the mountain- 
gorges, and in winter is found on the banks of the streams in the valleys.” 
The specimens figured are an adult male in full breeding-dress, and an old male in autumn 
plumage. 
In the preparation of the above article I have examined the following specimens :— 
E Mus. H. E. Dresser. 
a, b, §. Cookham, Berks, September 26th, 1867 (W. Briggs). c. Highgate, September 6th, 1869 (Davy). 
d, 3. Cookham, September 20th, 1868 (W. Briggs). e, $. Cookham, January 5th, 1869 (W. Briggs). 
i, g. Highgate, October 1869 (Davy). h. Hampstead, November 18th, 1867 (Davy). 7. Bulgaria (7. E. 
Buckley). k, 1,2. Guiken, Asia Minor, March 1865 (Rodson). m, 3, n,2. Arnoutkeuy, Turkey, De- 
cember 1865 (Robson). 0, S. Arnoutkeuy, September 1866 (Robson). p, d ad. Asia Minor, March 1867 
(Robson). g, dad. Guiken, Asia Minor, March 29th, 1867 (Robson). r, Sad. Chimkent, April 12th, 
1866 (Severtzoff). s,3. Etawah, India, March 29th, 1875 (W. E. Brooks). t,2. Lake Baikal, May 
26th, 1869 (Dybowski). wu. Tientsin, China (Whitely). v. Java (Frank). 
E Mus. H. B. Tristram. 
‘a, 2. Sidon, December 1863. 6, ¢. Palestine, December 1863. c. Hngedi, February 2nd, 1871 (7. B. 7.). 
E Mus. Howard Saunders. 
a, dad. N. Wales, summer. 0,3. Basses Alpes,summer. c,?. Andermatt. d,3. Ortakeuy, March 29th. 
e, 3. Ortakeuy, September 9th (Robson). f, 5. Valencia, November 2nd, 1871. 
E Mus. Salvin and Godman. 
a, b, c,d, 3. Flores, Azores, May 1865 (fF. D. Godman). e, f, S. St. Michael’s, Azores (F. D.G.). g,35,4,9. 
Madeira, June 19th, 1871 (F.D.G.). %i,3. Longshaw, Derbyshire (O. Salvin). &. Constantinople. 
l,m, n. Asia Minor (Robson). o. Amoy, China (R. Swinhce). 
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