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ces as the laft ; its food is likewife fimilar to it. It 
remains with us during winter frequenting the 
neighbourhood of fprings and running waters The 
female builds her neft on the ground, and fometimes 
in the banks of rivulets ; it is compofed of nearly 
the fame materials as the laft; fhe lays from fix to 
eight eggs, of a dirty white, marked with yellow 
fpots : She differs from the male in having no 
black on the throat. 
THE YELLOW WAGTAIL. 
( Motacilla Flavcty Lin . — La Bcrgeronette de printems , 
Buff.) 
Length fix inches and a half : Bill black ; eyes 
hazel ; the head and all the upper parts of the bo- 
dy are of an olive green, paleft on the rump ; the 
