30 Mr. A. G. More on the Distribution of Birds 
Throughout the mainland, extending to the Outer Hebrides 
(Dr. D. Dewar) and Orkney ; but does not breed in Shetland. 
Blasius considers the Pied Wagtail a local race of the next 
species. 
Moracitza AauBa (Linn.). White Wagtail. 
Provinces, Lt Tie; hh? Vet 
Subprovinces 2?, 5 ?, 6?, 7?, 12? 
Lat. 50°-53°?. “English” type. Not in Ireland. 
The Rev. M. A. Mathews considers the White Wagtail a 
regular spring visitor to the coast of North Devon, and has 
noticed a pair frequenting the banks of a stream near Barn- 
staple. He also writes that, in June 1860, his friend Mr. 
Brodrick, who knows the bird well, found a pair of White 
Wagtails nesting in a wall bordering on a little stream between 
Ilfracombe and Morte. 
At Freshwater, in the Isle of Wight, Mr. H. Rogers has 
obtained a pair of Wagtails, with their nest, which Mr. Bond and 
Mr. Gould refer to M. alba, though the birds are not so pale in 
colour as usual. 
With regard to Sussex, Mr. Swaysland has informed the Rey. 
M. A. Mathews that the White Wagtail is a regular summer 
yisitant to the south downs, and then frequents the little pools on 
the high grounds, in the vicinity of which it is believed to breed. 
Dr. Plomley told the Rev. H. Roundell that M. alba was a 
regular summer visitor, and bred in Kent. In the ‘ Zoologist,’ 
p. 1497, Dr. Plomley describes it as common about Romney 
Marsh. 
Mr. Charles Gordon has no doubt of its breeding in the 
cliffs of Kent, where he has noticed it durmg the breeding- 
season ; and, from the clamour and actions of birds which he has 
shot there, he has no doubt there was a nest. To this may be 
added Mr. Carter’s statement that he has caught the female 
upon the nest at Whittlesea (Hunts), where he saw the birds 
in great numbers for two successive summers (Hewitson, 
‘Kegs of B. B.’ ed. 3. p. 165). 
Moraciiya suLPHUREA (Bechst.). Grey Wagtail. 
Provinces I. IT. II. V. VILI.-XVII. 
