3 8 THE BIRDS OF DORSET. 



GREY WAGTAIL. Motacilla sulphured, Bechstein. 



Yarrell,i. p. 552 ; Seebohm, ii. p. 203 ; Motacilla boarula, Hart- 

 ing, p. 23 ; Pultenei/s List, p. 8 ; Motacilla malanope, 

 Dresser, iii. p. 251 ; Ibis List, p. 30; Nature, vol. xxxvii. p. 6. 



The Grey Wagtail is a winter visitant in Dorset- 

 shire. It is frequently seen from October until May, 

 occasionally in company with the Pied Wagtail. A 

 young brood was hatched at Fordingbridge in the 

 month of June (Mr. James Kawlence) ; Professor 

 Newton saw one at Bloxworth quite late in the 

 summer. It is more frequently observed on the 

 western side of the county. 



YELLOW WAGTAIL. Motacilla raii, (Bonaparte). 



Tarrell, i. p. 564; Dresser, iii. p. 277; Seebohm, ii. p. 212; 

 Motacilla rayi, Harting, p. 2$; _Ibis List, p. 31 ; Motacilla 

 flava, Pulteney's List, p. 8. 



The Yellow Wagtail is a summer visitant, fre- 

 quenting the pastures and marshes on the sea-coast. 

 It has been observed in the pastures of Kimmeridge 

 feeding upon the insects disturbed by the cattle. 



FAM. ANTHID^E. 



TREE PIPIT. Anthus trivialis, (L.) 



Tarrell, i. p. 569 ; Dresser, iii. p. 309 ; Ibis List, p. 33 ; Anthus 

 arboreus, Harting, p. 24; Seebohm, ii. p. 219; Alauda 

 minor, Pulteney's List, p. 8. 



The Tree-Pipit is a summer visitant, arriving about 

 the end of May. It chooses for its haunts timbered 



