. A history of British birds. By the Rev. Morris .. . / / YELLOW WAGTAIL. BAY S WAGTAIL. JlotaciUa jlava. Pennant. Montagu. Badgtes Ruyi, PiUNCE OF MusiGNANO. Meyer. 3Iotacilla—A Wagtail. Flava—Yellow. This is a common species with us in summer, but most soin the southern and midland counties. It is not numeroussither in Irehmd or Scotland. In the Orkneys it has beenobserved several times. One was shot near Kirkwall, by , in the autumn of 1845; and another was seen nearthe same place on the 25th. of September, 1847. Water courses, water meadows, and such like localities, arethe c
. A history of British birds. By the Rev. Morris .. . / / YELLOW WAGTAIL. BAY S WAGTAIL. JlotaciUa jlava. Pennant. Montagu. Badgtes Ruyi, PiUNCE OF MusiGNANO. Meyer. 3Iotacilla—A Wagtail. Flava—Yellow. This is a common species with us in summer, but most soin the southern and midland counties. It is not numeroussither in Irehmd or Scotland. In the Orkneys it has beenobserved several times. One was shot near Kirkwall, by , in the autumn of 1845; and another was seen nearthe same place on the 25th. of September, 1847. Water courses, water meadows, and such like localities, arethe choice of the Yellow Wagtail; but it also, like the othersof the genus to which it belongs, frequents at times, andeven more than they do, ver}- dissimilar places, such as opendowns and pastures, ploughed fields, and various other situa-tions. On their first arrival I have often noticed them innumbers in fields that had been flooded, the saturation ofmoisture doubtless bringing many insects within reach. Theyhave been observed perching on the stems of
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