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 INSESSORES. 



DENTIROSTRES. 



MOTACILLID^. 



MOTAGILLIDM. 



THE WHITE WAGTAIL. 



Motacilla alba. 



Motacilla alba, 



White Wagtail, 

 Bergeronette grise, 



GOULD, Birds of Europe. 

 TEMM. Man. d'Ornith. vol. i. p. 255 ; 

 vol. iii. p. 178. 



THE belief expressed in the first edition of this work, 

 that attention being directed to the subject, the White 

 Wagtail would be occasionally found in this country as a 

 summer visitor, has been verified in several instances. It 

 happened that late in the month of May, 1841, my friend 

 Mr. Frederick Bond found two pairs of this White Wag- 

 tail frequenting the banks of the reservoir at Kingsbury, 

 and succeeded in shooting three of the birds, two males 

 and a female, and very kindly gave me one of the males. 

 In the spring of 1842, a specimen was shot near Carlisle, 

 which is now in the possession of T. C. Heysham, Esq., 

 and during the month of April, 1843, I received one and 



