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Excerpt from The South African Journal of Natural History, Vol. 3: Being the Official Organ of the South African Biological Society With Which Is Incorporated the Journal of the South African Ornithologists' Union; March, 1922 Grey-backed Wagtail - M. Longicauda Riipp.: This most delicately hued species was first detected in our area by Rickard, who secured one on the Buffalo River, presumably at East London, on 3rd January, Sharpe refers also to another early record of one shot by Mr. F. A. Barrett near kingvvilliams town. At present resident pairs of this scarce species occur/ here and there along the streams emerging from the forest, and at the extreme south of our area a pair has occasionally been seen by Mr. Wood in the Park at East London. These birds love a stretch of river where shallow water ows over flat rocks, and, chosen their quarters, they do not wander far f easily found a second time. As they trip along, tails in perpetual motion, they add to the fores scribable charm which is enhanced when they mount ud among over-reaching trees and Hit fairy-like among the branches.' Unlike the Cape wagtail, this species never - as far as my experience goes - leaves the river side, but there it displays the same confiding habits as its congeners. One has come within three yards of rile as I rested on the rocks in the bed of the Pirie river, and it utterid a note suggestive of a chicken's plaintive call. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."