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decided change exhibited as in the genus Motacilla, 

 yet the plumage at the commencement of the love 

 season exhibits a degree of brilliancy not at other 

 times seen. 



The second species of British Yellow Wagtail, 

 which can only yet claim the rank of an occasional 

 visitant, is, 



THE GRAY-HEADED WAGTAIL BUDYTES 

 NEGLECT A. Gray-headed Wagtail Motacilla 

 neglecta, Gould. Motacilla flava, Linn. Temm. 

 As we previously noticed, Mr Gould first 

 called the attention of British ornithologists to 

 the confusion of the synonimes and the differences 

 oetween the plumage and proportions of this 

 bird and the preceding ; and attention being 

 turned to the point, the Gray-headed Wagtail 

 was discovered as a straggler in our own islands. 

 The first British specimen which is recorded 

 was obtained in October, on Walton Cliffs, near 

 Colchester by Mr Henry Doubleday ; since that 

 specimens have been occasionally shot in England, 

 ranging as far north as the vicinity of Newcastle. 

 In Scotland, the authority for the occurrence 

 rests on two instances brought before the Wer- 

 nerian Society of Edinburgh ; but its frequency 

 evidently decreases northward. In Ireland, at 

 this date, it has not been observed. On the 

 Continent it reaches the northern countries, Nor- 

 way, Sweden, and Scandinavia. Out of Europe, 



