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THE WHITE WAGTAIL (MotaciUa alba). 



A\ liite AVafT-tails were observed at Girdleness (Aberdeen) and on the 

 Pentland Skerries (Orkney) on the 23rd and 29th of Jnly. 



The first mijjrants arrived on Fair Isle (Shetland) on the 12th and 

 13tli of Augnst, and on the l4th a large migratory movement was in 

 progress on that island, at the Pentland Skerries and on Tiree (Argyll). 

 The species was plentiful on Fair Isle during the next two days, it was 

 passing south in Mull on the I6th and 17th, and further immigrants 

 arrived on Fair Isle on the 31st. Single birds were seen at IJalgray 

 (Clyde) on the 10th and on the south coasts of Cornwall and Sussex on 

 the 26th and 29th. 



In September White Wagtails were numerous at Lochmaddy (North 

 Uist) on the 1st and on St. Kilda between the 2nd and 11th, while 

 passing birds were pretty frequently seen on the latter island between 

 the 11th of September and the 3rd of October, the numbers being large 

 on the 19th and 21st. The first migrants appeared at the Isle of May 

 (Fife) on the 9th and 10th and quite small numbers were passing there 

 between the latter date and the 29th, and on Fair Isle and the Pentland 

 Skerries from the 19tli to the 21st. About a dozen were seen on the 

 Manx coast on the 14th and 27th, several at Tarbatness (E. Ross) on the 

 18th and two on the 2oth, and quite small numbers on Fair Isle between 

 the 21.st and 26th. Single birds or pairs were seen in Ayr.shire on the 

 l.st, at Portmaliomack (E. Poss) on the 16th, in Gloucester r.n the 23rd, 

 in Cheshire on the 28th and in Wigtown on the 30th. On the 1st of 

 October twenty or more were seen in Cheshire and one at Palgray, 

 while single stragglers occurred on Fair Isle on the 16th and j7th of 

 November. 



THE PIED WAGTAIL (MotaciUa Iiu/Khris). 



^ligratory movements commenced early in July. I'assiiig flocks were 

 observed in Gloucester from the 8th to the 16th, and in Cumberland 

 during the last ten days of the month. 



In August numbers were reported going south-east in Sussex on the 

 11th, and smaller numbers in Surrey on the 12tli and on the Suflblk 

 coast ou the i9th, 22nd and 27th. Large flocks passed througli Lan- 

 cashire on the 4th, 19th and 23rd, while an observer in Cumberland 

 reported a steady stream of migrants throughout the month. An arrival 

 was noted on Sule Skerry (Orkney) on the 19th. 



During September migration was very brisk. Many small parties 

 were reported from Cumberland between the Ist and 10th ; in Kent a 

 large floclc going soutli was observed on the 3rd and in Surrey one of 

 about fifty individuals on the lOtii. On the same day arrivals took place 

 at the liutt of Lewis (Outer Hebrides), and migrants were passing 

 through the Pentland Skerries from the 11th until the 13th of the 

 loUowiug month. On the Suffolk coast small parties were recorded as 

 passing on the 12th and 13th and from the l->th to the 20th and in 



