THE BLUE-HEADED WAGTAIL. 



{Motacilla flara.) 



"PIVE species of Wagtails are known in the 

 *- British Islands. They are all more or less 

 migratory ; but two of them, the Pied Wagtail 

 {Motacilla lugubris) and the Grey Wagtail {Mota- 

 cilla melanope) stay during the winter in some 

 numbers, though most of them leave our shores 

 for more southern climes. 



The Pied Wagtail, most familiarly known 

 in England as the " Dish-washer," may almost 

 be said to be a peculiar British bird, for its 

 nesting-home is almost confined to our islands. 

 It is known to breed also in the North-west of 

 France, and the nest has, on one occasion, been 



