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The Naturalist. 



AMPELID^. 



Bohemian Waxwing [B omhy cilia gar rula) — 



Three fine mature birds in full plumage were shot at Newmiller 

 Dam in the winter of 1855 ; one of them is now in the collection 

 of G. G. Janson, Esq., of Wakefield. Since the above date 

 several others have been shot in the neighbourhood. 



MOTAOILLID^. 



Pied Wagtail {Motacilla Yarrellii) — 



Breeds abundantly with us, and a few remain with us all the 

 year round. 



White Wagtail (Motacilla alba) — 



On March 25th, 1866, whilst collecting coleoptera from the 

 willow stumps on the banks of the Calder, I noticed among a 

 great number of pied wagtails, a pair which I thought must be 

 the white wagtail. On my return home I communicated what I 

 had seen to Mr. Parkin, and shortly after he favoured me with 

 the following description of a bird he had shot in the identical 

 place where I had seen the pair : — 



" The plumage agrees in every respect with the description 

 given by Morris of MotacilLi alba ; the sides of the head and 

 forehead are white, whilst the crown is black, the sides of the 

 neck are white, the nape is black in the upper part, the chin and 

 throat are also black, but between them and the nape is a white 

 space running into the grey of the back, which is very light ; the 

 sides of the body are light grey, the breast is white, and the 

 greater and lesser wing coverts are broadly margined with white. 

 It is about the same size as the Pied Wagtail." 



I met with a second pair on Brierley Common, and on the 

 ground, underneath a whin bush, I found the nest containing six 

 eggs, which were very slightly dusted with a light grey upon a 

 white ground. 



Grey Wagtail {Motacilla boanda) — 



Visits this district from September to March, when it leaves us 

 for its breeding quarters. I have seen several specimens shot 

 here in the middle of March, when they had got the full black 

 patch on the throat. 



