GREY WAGTAIL. 
WINTER WAGTAIL. YELLOW WAGTAIL. 
Motacilla sulphurea, BECHSTEIN. 
se cimerea, Ray. 
“ boarula, PENNANT, MontTacu. 
2% melanopa, GMELIN. 
Motacilla—A Wagtail, Sulphurea—Sulphureous—sulphur-coloured. 
Tuts is one of the most elegant of our native birds, and 
on this account, as well as for its comparative infrequency, 
‘always a welcome guest.’ 
It is a perennial denizen of the southern part of Europe, 
being found in Switzerland, Italy, France, and Spain; also in 
Madeira. It likewise inhabits Java, Sumatra, Japan, and 
other parts of India. 
In this country it is generally diffused, being found all 
over England and Scotland, though rarely in the extreme 
north. It is unknown in the outer Hebrides. In the Orkney 
Islands it is occasionally seen in the summer. 
The sides of small streams, rivers, lakes, and ponds, are 
more peculiarly affected by this species. 
The Grey Wagtail is said to migrate southwards in the 
winter, and northwards in the spring, the former movement 
being made in September, and the latter in April; but some 
certainly do not leave Yorkshire, for I have seen them here 
this winter, a pair on the 5th. of this present January, 1852; 
and another a month ago in very severe weather; a few are 
also seen about Edinburgh in the winter. Some in like manner 
remain in the south in the breeding season. They probably 
