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MOTACILLA CAMPESTRIS (Pall.}. Ray's Wagtail. 



Provinces I .-XVI. or XVII. 



Subprovinces 2-28, 30, 31, 32, 35 ? 



Lat. 50-58 or 59 ? " English " type, or Southern. 



Throughout England and Wales, becoming very scarce or local in 

 the north of Scotland. Mr. T. Edward finds it breeding on the east 

 coast of Aberdeenshire ; and Mr. W. M. Snowie marks it as nesting 

 also in East Inverness. Mr. R. Gray has found the nest in Dum- 

 bartonshire ; and the bird has been seen as far north as Sutherland, by 

 Mr. St. John and Sir W. Jardine, &c. 



Obs. Motacilla flava, L., whose nest is supposed to have been 

 found in Cambridgeshire, is not included in the list which Mr. Bond 

 has sent me for that county. 



ANTHUS ARBOREUS (Bechst.} . Tree- Pipit. 



Provinces I.-XVI. 



Subprovinces 1-28, 29, 30, 31, 32. 



Lat. 50-58. " English " type. Not in Ireland. 



Scarce in Cornwall, Wales, and Scotland, though the nest has been 

 found as far north as Dumbarton (Mr. R. Gray], in Aberdeen and 

 Banff (Mr. T. Edward], and in East Inverness (Mr. W. Dunbar}. 



ANTHUS PRATENSIS (Bechst.}. Meadow- Pipit. 



Provinces I. -XVI II. 



Subprovinces 138. 



Lat. 50-6]. " British " type, or general. 



A common bird throughout Britain ; especially abundant in the 

 north, and reaching the Outer Hebrides and Shetland. 



ANTHUS OBSCURUS (Key si. & Bias.}. Rock-Pipit. 



Provinces I. II. III. VI.-XVIII. 

 Subprovinces 1-7, 17-19, 21, 22, 24-38. 

 Lat. 50-61. " British" type, or general. 



All round the coast, preferring rocky shores, but frequenting also 

 the muddy estuaries of the flatter parts of the coast. 



ALAUDA ARVENSIS (Linn.}. Sky- Lark. 



Provinces I.-XVIII. 



Subprovinces 1-38. 



Lat. 50-61. " British " type, or general. 



To the extreme north of Scotland and its isles. 



