HO TAC IIX A, YABRELLI.
! L L A Y A R R E L L I , « okM .
Pied Wagtail.
Motacilla Yarrim
I APPREHEND til hr
iail as it trips aiK
in pursuit of iip$S
life to the
may well envy up
of tbose couniri ii
common and h i I
appellation titrtiil f
bave foiled to |vji «
side that ft fwSpj
what is .«whfWM i
The Dishwggji
peaceful of -
with it, it real!
new. On m
mio the strew*
present itself $
i.-aguacious FwH
hut p eculiar« 4
V a p id ity , and, ■
ii. lieate ly fwwjl
cylindrical biti
t k period # i
upon which jjr-i
In addition
(trope, vol. ii. List of plates, p. ii, note.
of love for our indigenous birds can ■fidt;' /«Mere the PWd vVag-
Wfort* him during his rambles by the nm -s Whether engaged
it» dipping flight from one place » to pvrmttce give*
: ;.j •; the attractions of the scene, ft ** * fjito which America
would gladly give much in exchange m p«.**«*.-bpr m neither
/ .• .1 of its genus occur. It is not a httw #?Sty s
m- the British Islands should dm' <• »LMat «
• : Sgo- it that of Yarrelli, a n dH iiw R b-pnh*’«» •>?
■ the Mnivritta alha o f; Lioneen*. ?*v.ifter rs it lew whbhtk-
i jfog aeros* should foim a hound« rv nve^whicb the two
, them ever visits the other’s territory would be •<> toto
dees occasiotmlly take {ifoeebut these a r t | merely
:.;re a person might live a t Dover from childhood **» (£3
» dais witlw»t once meeting wfmHfl/. Yarrelli. The onM0 ^ M
• ce I ha»« received the Pied Wagtail is Heligoland ; msd'i #>•-?>-
it> Lljto ■> ed when I stated, in my paper on the species of the gedfi* •¿W*-
■■ lturtd H's-iwv’ for 1837, that I had seen it from Norway
tiAce i>irds should he restricted, and others extensive, is beyond *Wir
suppose tb** if any Wagtail migrated in summer to* Norway,
^ ;,-e common :■?■. Britain ; instead of which it is the more southern
m o these ah*w*t Arctic countries. Over Britain the M. Yarrelli
w & s 'x not wfe'h'-r •<we visit the Land’s End, in CemwuR, ( ’ape Wrath,
. •• :■ s'; wh,i‘A‘- thw ptvity pied bird will be met with; in the vale and
7 : faodl Old husbandry is carried on, the certain accoip-
A ttfarxd , '■}»., u»rd as well as his sheep, for they are almost
-(■■ dldBi r rTTiwrif-^r charge; and the maid, when she goes to
■*k#*si £* it#« cow she is milking; and the form-labourer
vt- ; . ;:ri fm<i the midden being among its favourite
A’agind hrosifesriv 'h'faij «. H»*nc parts o f the country, is one of the most
- «ntl »f the coarse, hmming sparrow attempts to tilt
a wiHlihe mo-;. nj>ht-foo<e<l agilitv, o r » I s away with amazing quick-
vMdily .^yfedesi this o r any other inaesso*§| bird, by runnipg breast high
a flossing leaf, a stone, or any water-plant or projecting object tlmt may
¡e roof of a house it passes with equal nhnbleness, so ¿that here again the
more nonplused. Its wings being long and: ample, its flight is vigorous,
•Her .life river, o r from one part o f the mead to juw th er, f jth the nfnw«!
. ,,p . toil and keeps it in constant motion; ity le g s and toes are »>
,tli f,>•{.■: rro>> over the ground as facile as possible; in like manner its
. J f a Tai.;ng niinute insects as its full black eye is for discovering during
aphides, und other tiny jkinds which are then to be found among the
a* inadily secures the sma’B^mollusks and the host .of soft insect* j
<«>«*. the Bled Wagtail sings, during the early p art o f spring, a short but
occasscKiafly he also heard in June, when the female is sitting on h e r second
: »be nest is very variable j its most frequent sites are the hole m a wall, on a
1« pollard willow, under the eaves o f a hay-rick,. See. Wherever it «fay be, it is
- ¿ d for the place o f deposit o f the egg o f the parasitic Cuckoo; but how |
z _ though Mr. Alfred Newton informs me that the okl Caeloo has been seen
¡t into the nest. However this may be, a more sedulous fosterparent
, ■ he found ; tor it defends its charge with a courage and pertinacity truly