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est appearance of a cloud, run for shelter to the first rut, or heap of stones, that they see.
"the Shepherd still protects
The social bird, who from his native haunts—"
The Yellow Wagtail.—Motacilla flava. It frequents the banks of rivulets in winter, making its nest in meadows and corn-fields. But after the breeding season is over, it haunts downs and sheepwalks, and is seen constantly among the flocks, probably for the sake of the insects it picks up. In France the shepherds call it La Bergeronette, and say it often gives them, by its cry, notice of approaching danger.
