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THE WHITE WAGTAIL. 



Motacillu aiha (L.). 



The reports sent in with regard to this species are too dis- 

 connected and meagre for any concise account to l)e given 

 of its movements. 



It apparently arrived in pairs or quite small parties at 

 many ])()ints along the south coast from Cornwall to Kent, 

 hut possibly the majoi'ity arrived at the western extremity. 

 It seems to have straggled through the country hy no very 

 definite route, though the records from the vicinity of tlie 

 west coast are more numeroits than those from elsewhere 

 and peihaps point to a more or less "coasting^' passage 

 northwards. The earliest record was from Renfrew on the 

 23rd of March, so that the migration period must have lasted 

 from about the third week of that month until at least the 

 20th of May, when birds w^ere still passing the Pentland 

 tSkerries. The last arrival recorded on the south coast was 

 indicated by a single bird taken at St. Catherine's light 

 (Hampshire) on May Gth/Tth. 



Chronological Summary of the Records. 



March 23rd. Renfrew. 



„ 25th. Sussex. 



„ 20(h. Kent, Lancashire. 



April Lst. Worcester. 



„ 2nd. Kent, Yorkshire. 



„ 3rd. Brecknock. 



„ 4th. I\Iontgomery. 



„ 5th. Kent, Worcester. 



