40 A HAND-LIST OF BRITISH BIRDS. 



Hungary ! As the description agrees with our bird, and the name has 



been generally accepted, it may be allowed to stand). 



Motacilla Yarrellii Gould, B. Europe, List of Plates in Vol. ii, p. 2 



(1837 — Great Britain). 



Motacilla higuhris Temminck, Yarrell, i, p. 538 ; Saimders, p. 131 ; 



M. a. luguhris Temm., Hartert, Brit. B. i, p. 212. 



Distribution. — British Isles. — Resident, generally distributed, but 

 doubtful breeder Shetlands and only rare visitor 0. Hebrides, where 

 it has been confused with the White Wagtail [Ann. S.N.H., 1902, 

 p. 144). Many of our breeding-birds migrate southwards in autumn 

 and return in early spring. 



Distribution. — Abroad. — Breeds in small numbers on west coast 

 of France, Belgium, and Holland (once), and, according to CoUett, 

 near Stavanger and Bergen in Norway. Otherwise represented 

 in Europe, north-west Africa, and northern parts of Asia by other 

 forms. On migration in Heligoland and Denmark, winters in 

 south France, Portugal, Spain, and Marocco. 



82. Motacilla alba alba L.— THE WHITE WAGTAIL. 



Motacilla ALBA Linnseus, Syst. Nat., ed. x, i, p. 185 (1758 — "Habitat 

 in Europa." Restricted typical locality : Sweden). 

 Motacilla alba Linnseus, Yarrell, i, p. 548 ; Saunders, p. 12.3. 



Distribution. — British Isles. — Spring and autumn passage-migrant. 

 Has bred exceptionally in Devon, Isle of Wight, Kent, Sussex, 

 Middlesex, Cambs., Suffolk, Hunts., Yorks., Carnarvon, Fair Isle 

 (1909 and 1910), possibly Northants. and Ross. Also often recorded 

 as interbreeding with Pied Wagtail, and although many records 

 are no doubt based upon faulty identification, some are genuine. 



Passes through British Isles from mid-March to early June, 

 being chiefly noticed coastal regions west sides Great Britain and 

 Ireland, and especially frequent Welsh coast, in O. Hebrides, Shet- 

 lands, and Fair Isle. On eastern side appears to pass through in 

 smaller numbers, and seldom recorded south-east coast England, 

 north-east coast Scotland, or east coast Ireland, but this is partly 

 due to want of observation. In autumn returns from mid-Aug. 

 to early Oct. along same routes. Occasionally inland. 



Distribution. — Abroad. — Europe, from Iceland and Scandinavia 

 to Mediterranean, east to Ural. Has been observed on Jan May en 

 and in south Greenland ; winters in tropical Africa, touches Azores 

 (exceptionally), Madeira and Canary Islands ; is replaced as a 

 breeding-bird in British Isles and north-west France by M. a. lugii- 

 bris, and by other allied forms in north-west Africa and across 

 Asia to Kuriles and Japan. 



[XoTE. — An example of the American Yellow Warbler, Dendroica 

 cesitiva cestiva (Gm.), picked up near Axwell Park (Durham), May, 1904 

 (E. Bidwell, Bull. B.O.C., xv, p. 46), had, in our opinion, most probably 

 escaped from captivity.] 



