. Bird life in wild Wales. Birds. SOME BIRDS OF THE STREAM 59 This Wagtail is generally, we think, double-brooded, the first clutch of eggs usually being laid early in May, the second some five or six weeks later. Often enough we have seen the nest at no great distance from that of the Dipper. This nest is in this locality generally built on a ledge of rock bordering the stream, or in a crevice or hole in the stonework of a. GKEY WAGTAIL S NEST. June I, ii;)02- Wales. bridge; indeed, you v.'ill .seldom find it far from water, though we know of one case where it was built in ivy covering the wa
. Bird life in wild Wales. Birds. SOME BIRDS OF THE STREAM 59 This Wagtail is generally, we think, double-brooded, the first clutch of eggs usually being laid early in May, the second some five or six weeks later. Often enough we have seen the nest at no great distance from that of the Dipper. This nest is in this locality generally built on a ledge of rock bordering the stream, or in a crevice or hole in the stonework of a. GKEY WAGTAIL S NEST. June I, ii;)02- Wales. bridge; indeed, you v.'ill .seldom find it far from water, though we know of one case where it was built in ivy covering the wall of a stable-yard with no stream at all near. The eggs, numbering four to six, vary a good deal both in colour and the distribution of their markings. One variety is so closely mottled as to hide all traces. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Walpole-Bond, J. A. London, T. Fisher Unwin
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