fo undulated as the Common or White, and much quickey 

 than the Grey Wagtail, with which fpecies this is frequently 

 confounded; the notp of the Yellow is not fo fhrill nojr 

 drawn out to fuch a length as thofe of the other fpecies. 



The Yellow Wagtail arrives in this country from the I4tl; 

 of March to the ift of April ; it neftles ufually on the ground, 

 the neft is compofed of dried flalks, grafs, and horfe-hair ; it 

 lays four or five pale-brown eggs, fplafhed with dulky ; the 

 young at firft have fcarcely any appearance of yellow, except 

 under the throat. They are very tenacious of the neft, and 

 will hover roupd the vicinity of it for a great length of time, 

 rather than difcover their retreat to an obferver ; we have 

 feen the fpmale, with a worm in her bi|l for more than an 

 hour, flying with the greateft ^pxiet)^,pver the heads of fome 

 mowers who were at work near the neft, nor did fiie attempt 

 to venture to it, till after they had quitted the field. 



It ufually afFeds drier fituations than the other fpecies, 

 frequenting (lommons, paftures, and corn fields ; it feeds on 

 worms and infers, and may often be feen running round 

 cattle whilft feeding, and will frequently feize a fly from off 

 the nofe of a cow or horfe ; in cold damp weather numbers 

 of them refort to paftures in queft of worms, which are 

 at that time roufed by the trampling of the cattle ; their more 

 common food (infers) at fuch times being but fcantily tq 

 be met whh. 



They leave this country about the latter- end of Sep- 

 tember or beginning of Oaober, and retire fouthwards ; 



they 



